Charm City Cook
Food is good
So, you have a friend in the country with chickens. Or, you read an article online about people in Brooklyn raising chickens on a rooftop. Or maybe you opened up the new Williams-Sonoma Agrarian catalog and thought…I want chickens! Then you start to wonder if they’re even allowed where you live. Well, if you live in …
Comfort food. I’ve written about it before. I love what it does. It has a job. Two years ago when my brother died after a mind blowing two week illness, my family needed comfort. After the funeral some of us gathered and I cooked. The night before, I had thought about what to make…and I …
I think I’m in love. With a restaurant. Birroteca. And it’s literally a minute from my house, so…an affair has ensued. I think I’ve told everyone I know how fantastic this place is. It really could be love. And by the looks of the place, many other Baltimoreans are also having a love …
About a year ago, I started playing around with recipes for salted caramel brownies. I wanted something that was salty and sweet in one bite. I’m not a huge sweets person – give me olives, cheese, chips any day of the week – but dessert? Dessert has to be amazing for me to really love …
Cooking. Relaxing. Friends and family. Great food. No pressure of gifts! I love Thanksgiving. When I was a kid, my parents would host all of our aunts, uncles and cousins for Thanksgiving dinner at our house in Kingsville. It was so much fun…laughing, catching up, hearing old stories from our parents, watching football and the best part…eating! We had a traditional meal …
What’s the best meal you’ve had in B’more recently? That’s a tough one. For me, it’s more than just the food. It’s the people I’m with, the surroundings, the service, the vibe, etc. And yes, of course…the food. If the food is bad, what’s the point? Some friends and I were talking the other day about …
I’d always been told that making risotto is a bear. All that stirring, stirring, stirring. Blah, blah, blah. How do you know when it’s done?? But thanks to the wonderful folks at America’s Test Kitchen, I’ve found that it’s not that hard. Risotto actually is your friend. I’ve written about this show before, but it is well …
Whatever you choose to call it – canning, preserving, putting up – I’m into it. I used to be pretty intimidated by the idea of preserving food, it just seemed so, well…domesticated. So, I started out with one of the easiest things you can make…applesauce. It made me feel like, okay, wow. I did that. I didn’t realize …
Fall is the best. Just this week, there’s a slight chill in the air, football season is here (and WOW, baseball is still exciting…how cool is that? Go O’s!) and soon, the leaves will start their gorgeous transformation. Fall also brings on heartier cooking – for me, it means lots of roasted veggies, soups, stews and other comfort …
