There’s something about spring that makes me want to make mayo. Not the processed food dreck that for some god-awful reason doesn’t require refrigeration and can sit on supermarket shelves for years at a time, but the fresh, wet, eggy, almost pudding-like mayonnaise that the Italians call aioli. Mass-produced and homemade mayo share nothing but [...]
January 23rd, 2012
Warming Wilted Spinach Salad
Exciting stuff! Before moving to Boston I shot an online commercial for a copper-bottom cookware company called Anolon. Hard at work at a studio loft space in Brooklyn, we transformed our Hasidic digs into a California kitchen replete with all the trappings of a romantic, organic, date night dinner for two. On the menu was [...]
May 6th, 2011
Last-Minute Mother’s Day Meal
Mother’s Day is just days away, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve been getting a barrage of emails touting the perfect gifts for Mom. Sales on everything from perfume sets to pots and pans, spa treatments to sparkling tennis bracelets, have invaded my inbox. My Mamma deserves every bit of indulgence after the drama [...]
March 23rd, 2011
March Madness: Chili in All Seasons
Spring has officially arrived at our doorsteps, and the anticipated rain has come knocking. I can deal with wet, but it’s the promise of more snow that’s got me mad. I have no doubt that we will be sporting freshly painted toes and sipping on brown-bagged bottles of beer in the sunshine soon enough. City [...]
February 3rd, 2011
Meatball Madness
Straight off the coattails of my personal predictions for the enduring edible delights that are sure to be booming in 2011, I’m prepared to add meatball madness to that list. Not only do I think Italian fare is a constant in this country, and that people hunger for meat and sustenance when times are tough, [...]
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