I learned yesterday that both my mother and sister planted tomatoes in their gardens; I suddenly wondered if the juicy rubies would be ready for testing next month's recipes. About this time of year, I start to get really excited about the jewels ready to spring forth from the ground,...
Ok, with a title like that you'd think I was getting some action.Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon how you view it), all my action as of late has been in the kitchen. The July issue of Gastronomic Meditations is live, and our new discussion forums are open.C'mon, you know you...
In putting together our July issue (coming out Monday), I realized that there seems to be a neverending stream of information to be explored on any given food topic. It's been quite challenging to pare down the topics we want to cover, as we could certainly go on for volumes....
I spent the holiday weekend with a group of friends whose culinary gratitude propelled my passion as a cook to new heights....
After giving this subject much thought, I have come to form a hypothesis that the connection between openness to the sublime pleasure of food and to sensuality may be rooted in one's sense of life. To swoon over a forkful of something divine -- one that inspires rolling of...
Gastronomy has always captured a special place in my soul. Though I love to cook, it is the study of food's cultural and historical impact by which I am consumed. There is a small group of individuals who added timber to what is now a pyre of passion within me,...