Category Archives: food & cooking

Keys to Good Cooking

Anyone who is serious about cooking has a copy of Harold McGee’s On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. It’s the CRC of the kitchen (calling it the bible of the kitchen is insulting to information … Continue reading

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Bo Ssäm

I didn’t make kimchi on a whim; it was a key component for one of the featured dishes in Momofuku, and the namesake of the Momofuku Ssäm Bar. I knew that I’d never be able to book a seating at … Continue reading

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Napa Cabbage Kimchi

I have managed to overcome many culinary aversions, from pickles to tripe to testicles (a story for another post), but kimchi was something that I refused to eat. I was first exposed to the stuff seventeen years ago, and it … Continue reading

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Odds and Sods

Not everything I do or read about merits a full post, so here are a few items that were in my “worth a mention” pile: I have a theory about the McRib sandwich, which has recently been re-introduced for a … Continue reading

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Meat Me By the River

Now that the farmer’s markets are closed, the only people who gather at the Cambridge parking lot next to the Charles River are those who have a share in Stillman’s meat CSA. This month’s share was mostly pork: pork chops, … Continue reading

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Fava Beans, Ham, and Parsley Sauce

What do you do when you find a recipe that looks good but requires leftovers from a more complicated dish? You fake the leftovers. At least that’s what I did when I saw this recipe from The Whole Beast: Nose … Continue reading

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Anniversary Dinner at Journeyman

This year She Who Must Be Obeyed and I decided to try something a bit more casual for our anniversary dinner, which naturally led to our booking a table at Journeyman. It’s not to often that we go out for … Continue reading

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Anniversary Dinner: Braised Lamb Shanks

Last Saturday She Who Must Be Obeyed and I celebrated being married for seventeen years and managing not to kill each other. We had dinner out a few days earlier (Journeyman again, photos to follow in the next post), but … Continue reading

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Molecular Gastronomy in Orbit(z)

The revolution in molecular gastronomy did not begin with Ferran Adrià‘s experiments at El Bullí in 1998, it began the year before, and was heralded by the marketing of one of the least successful soft drinks ever created. In the … Continue reading

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Market Closing

Today is the last day for the Union Square Farmer’s Market until next June. If I want fresh local vegetables in November, I’ll have to go to Davis Square, Central Square in Cambridge, or Copley Square in Boston, none of … Continue reading

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