Charm City Cook
Food is good
“Jump. Tell her to jump.” Words of advice from someone who’s done pretty well in my field. Given to me about two years ago. I wasn’t quite ready to jump. Then, I was ready. Really ready. Late last year, I wasn’t enjoying my full-time job anymore, which I had previously thrived in, at a place I …
A brush with fame. But…this is Baltimore, so it was the most low-key brush with fame ever.
Photo by Amy Davis – The Baltimore Sun Well, this week was an exciting one. I’ve been making my salted caramel brownies for about two years now and this week, they were highlighted by The Baltimore Sun. Big thanks to writer Laura Cech and photographer Amy Davis – they both did a great job. None …
Spring. It gives you a feeling of hopefulness, no? Me, I’m hopeful for asparagus. And peas. And oh yeah, rhubarb! (And tulips, peonies, hydrangeas…) The JFX farmers market opened last Sunday, daffodils are out and the winter coat has been moved to the back of the closet. Thank GOD.
Yes, it snowed in Baltimore on the first official day of spring. Poo. Everyone’s pretty sick of winter. Even, me…and I love snow. Well, I have to admit it’s mainly because for the last 13 years I worked at a school, so I’d get snow days. Yes, snow days are the best. (However.) I’m ready …
I’m a soup girl. Love a big ‘ole pot of soup on the stove…bubbling away, about to feed me for a week. And when we’re in the dead of winter (and OH MY GAH, it’s cold) I like to make Alton Brown’s potato leek soup. It’s creamy, comforting goodness.
Photo: America’s Test Kitchen 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.
It is COLD. When it gets as cold as it is today, I want this beef stew and nothing else. Okay, maybe a blanket. And whiskey.
Egg nog. It’s one of those things that people either love or absolutely will never ever drink. Or even try. It grosses them out. Like raw oysters. Or tapioca.
