Having the starter snow storm of 2020 drop 24″ of snow, is unkind even for the year 2020. After clearing the driveway, we made a short run to the local  …

  Autumn, Cast Iron, French, Simmer, Stew, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter

As the secular, (and now online) shopping season, is well upon us. I think back to the years I spent working with a large hasidic camera and electronics dealer. One  …

  Autumn, Bean, European, Global, InstaPot, Israeli, Jewish, Slow Cook, Stew, Winter

The first true autumn day in the new house is upon us, time to fire up the oven and put the kitchen to use. It is cool, rainy, cloudy, blah,  …

  Autumn, Baked, Cast Iron, Follow On, Stew, Winter

And autumn roars on to us. Cool days, chilly nights, and a craving for rich comfort food. Soups, stews, curries, chili’s, and all sorts of bowl-ables are in demand. The  …

  Autumn, Basics, General, Ingredient, Soup, Stew, Winter

As summer winds into fall and the temperature winds from fry an egg on your forehead to having various appendages freeze and break off, I start to think of, plan  …

  Autumn, Bean, Ingredient, InstaPot, Italian, Pasta, Soup, Stew, Winter

It is Lunar New Year, and the weather is cold / freezing rain. A nice day for New York in January, but I really am a Texas Summer type of  …

  Asian, Cultural-Misappropriation, InstaPot, Stew, Winter