After having made a post recently in anticipation of this year's Yukon River salmon season, I received some sad news about this month's openings. Alaska Fish and Game agents moniter the fish heading into the river and will only approve an opening of the commercial fishing season if and when [...]
Lucky me. I seem to hit New York City at its most memorable extremes. My previous trip was February 2007 and there was a blizzard. I was wearing heavy boots, dressing in layers and leaping over mountains of snow at each curbside. On this recent trip, by contrast, I was treated to a heatwave, [...]
No judgement here. This isn't about a person's lack of fashion sense nor someone else's questionable "did you hear the one about..." humor. Right now I'm eating a bowl of breakfast cereal that is familiar enough that I feel like I'm tasting it with each spoonful. The crunch and texture help [...]
This is a post I hesitate to start because, like gin in the previous post, salmon is a subject near and dear to my heart. Once I get rolling, it's hard to not follow various tangents about my experiences with the glorious fish. I'll take it as a personal challenge [...]
One of the best monikers that's ever been given to me is that of "gin connoisseur." I wrote a review of a really engaging, informative little book called The Joy of Drinking by Barbara Holland, which appears in the current spring issue of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture. My friend and [...]
This is an old friend I hadn't visited with for some time. The subject of caramel corn came up in a recent conversation and it set me on a nostalgic trip back to when I used to cook up batches of the stuff at home. So I dug out this [...]
Not long ago, a friend emailed asking for some input on knives for his kitchen. He wasn't happy with the last set that he'd bought and wanted to know what brand I might recommend for replacements. I suddenly felt that my "serious foodie" façade might crumble around me. I didn't have [...]
That may be a stretch. It's not like I have a permanent gig or anything, but this is a change from the more regional snippets I've done for television in the past. I've got a small supporting role in episide 33 "The Inventors," part of the second season of Gourmet's Diary of a [...]
I'm trying to keep an open mind about this..... I got a press release this morning about a new line of wines called Wines That Loveâ„¢. It sounds a bit odd at first, but read that as "Wines That Love [fill in the blank]." And you can fill in that [...]
At the culinary professional conference I attended in New Orleans a few weeks ago, one of the most engaging and inspiring workshops I attended was called "Framing the Farmer: A Food Life List, Ten Food Experiences Before I Die." The farmer in question was the eloquent, insightful, soulful Mas Masumoto--author [...]