What makes something taste Italian or Cajun or Moroccan? Here's a quick guide to understanding flavor profiles and how ingredients work together to define various cuisines. What is a flavor profile, anyway? At its most basic, a flavor profile is made up of ingredients that help … [Read more...] about A Cheat Sheet to Flavor Profiles
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Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread
Banana bread might just be the official food of quarantine. At one point in the spring of 2020, I felt like everyone was posting photos of it. The furor died down in 2021 and by this October, I was ready to put those overripe fruit back to work. This is my version of a popular … [Read more...] about Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread
Thanksgiving Guide Pandemic Style
Every year I polish up my Thanksgiving guide with all the usual fare, from a primer on turkeys to what to do with leftovers. Bu this is not a usual year. How do you celebrate and be thankful in the middle of a pandemic? We will see maybe five people at our Thanksgiving table this … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving Guide Pandemic Style
Sick of Cooking? Get Thanksgiving To Go
Cajun fried turkey dinner from Williams Sonoma Well, I don't know about you, but I'd hoped the pandemic would be in the rear mirror by now. Yet, many of us remain separated from family and friends or working from home. The pandemic has forced us all to spend more time in our … [Read more...] about Sick of Cooking? Get Thanksgiving To Go
Recipe: Easy, Versatile Lentil Soup
I fell in love with lentil soup out of a sense of obligation. On a cold winter day on an early trip to Paris, I stepped inside a small bistro to get out of a frigid winter mist. Why ever did I book a trip to France in January, I wondered? Shivering and cold, all I thought I … [Read more...] about Recipe: Easy, Versatile Lentil Soup
Recipe: White Bean Soup with Greens
don't know about you, but I'm tired of looking at all those cans of beans that I bought at the start of the pandemic in 2020. I've started to realize that some are nearing their sell-by date, too. So, I pulled this recipe from the archives and I've made two or three versions in … [Read more...] about Recipe: White Bean Soup with Greens
