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An Important Pantry Staple. Miso is a Japanese fermented soybean paste that adds a savory element to food. It is made by fermenting soybeans with salt and kõji (a mold) and sometimes rice, barley, seaweed or other ingredients. Over weeks…
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“Spice is life. It depends upon what you like… have fun with it.” Emeril Lagasse Winter is here and back into the kitchen we go. This time around I’m hoping to expand my culinary experience by trying new cuisines. For…
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Add an interesting gadget to your dining table. Like many people during the pandemic, I am cooking more at home. That, combined with repressed shopping desire, has led many home chefs to look for fun gadgets to add to their…
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J.K. Rowling has written a story for young readers that is currently available online for free. It is called “The Ickabog” and will be published in 34 installments. The installments began Tuesday, June 2. One installment will be released every…
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Cooking every meal? You deserve new tools. My lettuce, berries and herbs need to last at least a week so that I can avoid the grocery store while sheltering at home. I have added kitchen tools to keep produce fresh. …
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Professor Sharon Lorenzo puts her teaching at the University of Pennsylvania Law School on hold and masters ‘quarantine cooking’. When I married in 1972, I could cook two things – brownies and hamburgers. My husband’s mother was a great cook,…
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Easy meals. At a wonderful lunch two weeks ago, the unexpected main course was shredded rotisserie chicken from the grocery store – and it was delicious! I love a good short-cut, and it looks like rotisserie chicken is a healthy…
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Anything on a menu with ‘fig’ in it will be delicious! I have always loved figs – there isn’t too much of them, they aren’t too sweet or too sour, and I love the consistency with all the little seeds. …
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There are some new kids on the block. As you know, tomatoes are a popular vegetable that turns out to be a fruit. They grow on a vine and are at their peak during summer months and into fall. They…
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