Getting Ready for Thanksgiving
Amy Langrehr, the charmcitycook, talks turkey.
my favorite beef stew
Favorite Beef Stew adapted from America’s Test Kitchen Ingredients 2 medium garlic cloves , minced or pressed through garlic press (about 2 teaspoons) 4 anchovy fillets , finely minced (about 2 teaspoons) 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1 boneless beef chuck-eye roast (about 4 pounds), trimmed of excess fat, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces 2 tablespoons vegetable …
wow, you’re sorta crunchy…
the other day, my friend said, ‘hey, you’re sorta crunchy.’ hmmm. he meant it as a compliment…and i took it that way. i’m not sure when i became so crunchy. okay, so i shop at the farmers market every saturday, year-round. some say that’s a little crunch. i reuse as many things as humanly possible…cups, jars, …
kitchen MVP
a few months ago, i was on the lookout for a new grating tool and a chef friend of mine recommended a microplane. so, i hit up williams-sonoma at towson town center [and that store is dangerously close to anthropologie…] and got one. I LOVE THIS THING. i use it to grate cheese, zest lemons, …
Blame it on France
photo by TravelPod How it began… A few years ago, I took an amazing trip to London and Paris with one of my best friends, Kathleen. We visited our mutual lifelong friend, …
market faves
what are some of your favorite things at the farmers market? here are some of mine from waverly… berries, berries, berries thomas’ peas broom’s bloom ice cream andy’s eggs rhubarb - for pies and…making rhubarb vodka right now… one straw farm beets fiddlehead ferns from the mushroom lady corn tomatoes chesapeake microgreens - love their boston …
garlic scapes
i first saw garlic scapes in my one straw farm CSA share last year. they are like garlic, only milder and they come in season earlier than garlic. to me, they look sort of sculptural…beautiful, actually. as i walked out of the farmers market this morning, three people stopped me to ask what they were and how to use …
what’s your pleasure?
my dad was not a big drinker, but he did enjoy a cocktail every once in a while. when i was about twelve, he let me take a sip of his manhattan and of course, i thought it was completely disgusting. definitely not ready for brown liquor at that point. [can you imagine if i was ready? rehab at …
essential staff
snowstorms are awesome. really, really awesome. especially really big ones. watching that ticker go across the bottom of the tv screen, you hope and pray for the simple pleasures of jammies, hot chocolate and popcorn. you sometimes see that looming phrase, “essential staff must report.” oh, dude. i’m sorry. that’s no fun. essential staff. while home …