Charm City Cook
Food is good
Last summer, I became an urban farmer. Okay, not really…I just started keeping chickens in my Baltimore City backyard when I got four baby chicks from my friend Joan at One Straw Farm. Over the last year, I have learned so much. Figured out what to do with hens that turned out to be roosters …
Soft crabs are so Baltimore, hon. You pretty much either love ’em or hate ’em. I used to be completely wigged out by them. I think that having a job cleaning them at a seafood shop might have scarred me a bit. (Thanks, Billy.) My mom has loved them forever. Me, I’ve got texture issues…biting …
Not one regret…but plenty of love. Gypsy brewer Brian Strumke of Stillwater Artisanal Ales and Ted Stelzenmuller, chef and co-owner of Jack’s Bistro in Canton have come together to open one of my most favorite new bars in a long, long time – Of Love & Regret in Brewers Hill. Between the amazing beers (13 by Stillwater …
I’m sure you’ve heard of the Portlandia bit “Put a bird on it!” where spazzy hipsters decide that everything’s better with a bird on it. Etsy gone wild.The food version of that is “put an egg on it!” It seems to be the ultimate food porn of the moment. There are even Pinterest boards dedicated to it. I love …
Oh, say it ain’t so… This just may be the last week or two of local strawberries and rhubarb at the farmers market. Highly recommend getting the rhubarb from Gardeners Gourmet (the folks with the lovely salad greens, herbs, cabbage and radishes…) and the strawberries from the “pea man” Thomas McCarthy of Woodside Greenhouse. (And…be …
Ah, desserts. They require precision and care…as well as creativity and great taste. And, what’s more…people really LOVE desserts, so you don’t want to mess them up! Dessert can be everything from delicate to deeply comforting. Some of my latest faves are strawberry rhubarb pie, chocolate cream pie and of course, (crack cocaine) salted caramel …
Remember the hilariously inappropriate Eddie Murphy stand-up about the ice cream man? Wow, remember when Eddie Murphy was funny…you know, before he started making God awful movies? Anyway…when I was a kid in the 70s, as many communities did, we had an ice cream truck. Not a lot happened in my hometown, so it was very …
The Charm City Cook Amy Langrehr extols the virtues of comfort food...
Beets are a delicious, simple food I like to have on hand – especially the ones I get from my CSA share with One Straw Farm. I almost always have a container of beets in the ‘ol fridge. Say you don’t like the beet? Many people have only ever had canned ones…and ugh…no. You need to have fresh, roasted ones. Here’s …
