Feature | Thursday, June 2,2005

Summer food

Nothing says summertime like firing up the coals, cooking meat and vegetables in the outdoors, and enjoying the taste and aroma of freshly grilled food. The primeval techni

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, May 26,2005

appetite 5-26-05

By Penny Zimmerman-Wills

I just returned from a vacation to South Carolina, a lush land of beaches, antebellum homes, and Low Country cooking. The term “Low Country” refers

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, May 12,2005

appetite 5-12-05

By Penny Zimmerman-Wills

When August Jones moved back to Springfield from California three years ago, he immediately went to work farming his grandparents’ land. During that first summer, he

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, May 5,2005

appetite 5-5-05

By Penny Zimmerman-Wills

When Coz’s Pizza and Pub moved from Curran to Springfield nearly five years ago, it brought with it cold beer, sports memorabilia, and, most important, its thin-crust

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, April 28,2005

appetite 4-28-05

By Penny Zimmerman-Wills

Shanita Auxila and her two small children, Zaria and Darius, are sharing a plate of smoked ribs, which she describes as amazing. “You can tell they’re smoked

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, April 21,2005

appetite 4-21-05

By Penny Zimmerman-Wills

Spring means warmer weather and flowering trees. But for me, the harbinger of spring is asparagus, that delicious edible member of the lily family that usually bursts forth from the cool gro

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, April 14,2005

appetite 4-14-05

By Penny Zimmerman-Wills

If you’re one of the lucky 600-or-so people who paid $500 to eat a piece of Mary Todd Lincoln’s white cake, don’t read any further. But if you already know the menu or you

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, March 31,2005

appetite 3-31-05

By Penny Zimmerman-Wills

When spring rolls around, Chef Michael Higgins thinks of crocuses, but not the kind sprouting up in our yards, adding a purple haze to the landscape. Rather, Higgins’ mind is on the fl

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, March 24,2005

appetite 3-24-05

By Penny Zimmerman-Wills

Many foods are associated with the Easter holiday — ham, coconut cake, marshmallow-chocolate eggs — but one of the most traditional of all is lamb. Even so, it

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, March 17,2005

appetite 3-17-05

By Penny Zimmerman-Wills

Several things make a steakhouse a steakhouse: a slightly smoky piano bar, comfortable seating, and thick, juicy slabs of steak. Gallagher’s reminds me of the