Salzburger Nokerln PHOTO BY TOURISMUS SALZBURGA/WIKI This month marks the 50th anniversary of an extraordinary number of notable events. There were the three historical Selma-to-Montgomery marches in Alabama. An outgrowth of the Selma Voting Rights Movement, the marches highlighted the obstructions faced by Southern blacks in registering to vote and had a major influence on […]
Julianne Glatz
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Sprout into spring
Locally grown ones are available throughout the year, even in darkest, coldest winter. And it’s also possible to grow your own all year long. Sprouts. They are simply the first growth of seeds. There is actually very little difference – both nutritionally and flavor-wise – between the first little peeps of green pushing through the […]
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Surviving winter’s end
Switzerland cheese toast with butternut squash apple bisque. PHOTO BY PETER GLATZ Enough, already! I am officially sick of winter. Living in a place that has changing seasons is actually something I prize. That even includes winter. True, I don’t get quite as excited as I did when I was a child about the first […]
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Reading recipes
PHOTO FROM METRO CREATIVE CONTENT When my husband, Peter, was a college freshman, he and a friend developed a shared longing for liver and onions. The friend had an apartment, so they decided to make themselves a liver-and-onion feast. “It says here to dredge the liver in flour,” said Peter’s friend, reading the recipe. “What […]
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An appetite for love
Almost flourless chocolate cake with fresh raspberries and raspberry coulis. PHOTO BY DOUG YOUNG/TNS From Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel: Tita’s blood (which got into the sauce when she pricked herself on the roses) and Pedro’s roses proved quite an explosive combination. …when Pedro tasted his first mouthful (of the quail in rose […]
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Alzina
Alzina in her kitchen. PHOTO BY Sara Roahen She’s been called “The Greatest Cajun Cook Alive” – not least by people with the expertise to say so. A documentary has been made about her, magazine articles written, other media have featured her. Culinary “pilgrims” from far-away Brooklyn and even further-away France have come to eat […]
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A bowl of super snacks
For New England:Nothing says “New England” more than lobster. This is a less expensive, delicious way to put lobster on your Super Bowl menu. Potted lobster 1 1/2-2 c. finely minced cooked lobster 1 T. unsalted butter plus 8 T. cold, unsalted butter, cut into small cubes 1 heaping T. minced shallot, preferred, or […]
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My New Year’s resolution: No more healthy, sort of
This column started out as a rant. For a while now, I’ve wanted to bang my head against a wall almost every time I hear the adjective “healthy.” So I decided my 2015 New Year’s resolution would be that I will no longer refer to specific foods and eating practices as healthy. In truth, it’s […]
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Custom Cup Coffee
Kendra Boesdorfer, co-owner of Custom Cup Coffee located at 321 E. Monroe St. PHOTOS BY DAVID HINE Brent and Kendra Boesdorfer are passionate about coffee: its endless nuances of flavor that depend on location, terroir (soil), altitude; as well as growing, harvesting, processing and roasting methods. And they want you to become passionate about coffee, […]
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Low carb feast
PHOTO BY PETER GLATZ Well, it’s that time again. After all the holiday feasting, many folks (myself included) want to counter the effect of all those cookies, eggnog and other indulgences. Over the years I’ve become convinced that the most effective way to lose weight is with a low carbohydrate diet. That said, your body […]
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‘Downton Abbey’
The cast of “Downton Abbey.” PHOTO COURTESY PBS I’m not ashamed to admit it: I’m hooked on “Downton Abbey.” “They should have called it Downton crack,” said my daughter Ashley, a fellow enthusiast. “Downton Abbey” which appears in America under the aegis of PBS’s “Masterpiece Theater,” has become the most watched ,television series in history. […]
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Christmas puddings
Traditional English plum pudding PHOTO COURTESY TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE “Hallo! A great deal of steam! The pudding was out of the copper. A smell like a washing day! That was the cloth. A smell like an eating-house and a pastry-cook’s next door to each other, with a laundress’ next door to that! That was the […]
