Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, June 27,2007

Pudding to jog our New Orleans memory

Big Easy’s chefs appeal to national conscience

Untitled Document “We need Americans to come see us, meet us, and hear our stories.” The impassioned plea comes from Frank Brigtsen, James Beard Award-winning

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, June 20,2007

Zen and the art of making burgers

All you need is salt, pepper, olive oil, and mindful restraint

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document A good hamburger is hard to find but shouldn’t be. It’s one of the easiest things to make, but most cooks want to make it complicated. All a burger

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, June 13,2007

Snap judgment

Sugar snap peas are delicious, cooked or raw

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document I was 14, maybe 15. It was late spring, around this time of year, when the school year was coming to a close. My mother had hired a guy named Larry to paint our

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, June 6,2007

Saving the world, one cupcake at a time

Is it any more preposterous than the War on Terror?

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document I’d like to give vegan cookbook author Isa Chandra Moskowitz a big high-five for the title of her latest book, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. Altho

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, May 30,2007

Strawberries now!

Stop eating those anemically pale pink, rock-hard buttons

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document Now is the time for all good men, women, and children to have strawberries. Not in February to woo your valentine (there are plenty of other ways to say &#

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, May 23,2007

Onion dip without mix

A healthier way to flash back to the ’70s

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document As a kid growing up in the 1970s, I defined food in terms of catchy names and brightly colored boxes rather than as meals made from scratch. The menu of

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, May 16,2007

Southern fish fry

A crispy fillet, some hot sauce, and bread – and you’re almost in heaven

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document Two weeks ago, a few thousand people lined up in a Columbia, S.C., parking garage for dinner. They wanted some of Lucius Moultrie’s fried whiting, despite

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, May 9,2007

Spring orgy risotto

Be seduced, have sex, and give birth to something tasty

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document Spring of 2000, northern Italy. It would be my first time, for real. It didn’t matter that I was a culinary-school graduate and had since attempted

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, May 2,2007

Soup to heal

The ultimate healer and peacemaker includes beans

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document The massacre at Virginia Tech has shaken the nerves of this country, and its chilling impact is being felt as far away as India, Israel, and Peru. The s

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, April 25,2007

Can the can for fresh ham

By all means, skip the foul odor and sci-fi texture

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document My mother called. She and her man had ham-in-the-can for Easter dinner. Her voice was filled with a mixture of disgust and disappointment. The meal was nearly i