A Modern Cantonese Dish: Beef With Mango

Cooking is not always an easy thing for me. Which sounds bizzare, since I spend large chunks of my life cooking for myself and others. And then, when I am not cooking, I am thinking about cooking, reading about cooking, writing about cooking or taking photographs of food. But some nights, I just really have […]

Weekend Herb Blogging: Curry Leaves

I first came across curry leaves in Columbia, Maryland, in an Indian grocery store. Set in the cooler, next to quarts of yogurt and packages of paneer were these glossy almond-shaped, deep green leaves, set alternately on gracefully curved narrow stems. They looked somewhat like bay leaves, but they were not leathery enough in texture–these […]

Peppercorns, Ginger, Soy and Sugar: A Meditation

Some evenings, the simpler the dish, the better. Tonight is one of those times: too tired after being struck forcibly with a bit of unsettling news, I did not really want to cook, but I must. The lurching miasma in the pit of my belly insists that it be so. Into the kitchen I walk […]

Singing The Spice Road: Ginger-Mango Chicken

Surprises are a great deal of fun. Especially when it comes to improvising dinner. Morganna’s friend Donny was having supper with us on Friday, and I had planned to heat up some of the many leftovers we had from our vegetarian meal the night before: Dal Tarka Methi, Aloo Methi, Mattar Paneer and Sabz Kebab. […]

Valentine’s Day for Cynics

I really should have posted this last night, but I thought I would show my sweet side on Valentine’s Day. Now that we have gotten that out of the way, I can give you a taste of the real me: the cynic. I don’t really like Valentine’s Day, and I never did. Not only is […]

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