I spend the last weekend of January each year dabbling in theater makeup. My friends and I rise at 5 a.m. to get tarted up in pirate gear and head down to the Tampa Yacht Club helping to turn upstanding members of the area's business community into scar-riddled pirates. My … [Read more...] about Argggghh! Gasparilla
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Recipe: Pasta with olives, tomatoes and tuna
This is a cheap and easy meal to craft from pantry staples. The tuna bumps up the protein quotient, but it's optional. You can use fresh or canned tomatoes, but if you use the latter, be sure to drain them well. Cook the pasta in liberally salted water, and then reserve some of … [Read more...] about Recipe: Pasta with olives, tomatoes and tuna
Book No. 2
It's official. My second book will be published by Viking/Penguin sometime in early 2011. Tentatively titled Changing Courses, the book will be a memoir with recipes, and more or less picks up where The Sharper Your Knife left off. The primary focus will be on a research project … [Read more...] about Book No. 2
Culinary trends from the last decade
Seemingly everyone is writing about food trends from 2000 to 2009, but I was struck by how much I agreed with the list put forth by the The Food Channel. I've included only their top 10 overall trends here, you can read about their full take on all kinds of trends on their … [Read more...] about Culinary trends from the last decade
What I didn’t get for Christmas…
Not enough people think of ham as a souvenir from a trip abroad. And really, what's a better souvenir than actual food from the place you've visited? Sure, it violates a whole lot of U.S. importation laws, but who could not wish for a better gift than the Wurstkoffer, a special … [Read more...] about What I didn’t get for Christmas…
