Charm City Cook
Food is good
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 …
This post is super duper basic. I want to know what tools you need in your kitchen. Everyone has tools that they use all the time and we’d be lost without. I did a cooking class at a friend’s house recently and left my favorite spatula behind – you would have thought I left my dog there – I …
The tomato…the star of the summer produce season. Besides canning for cooking through the year, slapping one on top of a burger or the joy of simply slicing and eating (I like ’em with mayonnaise and Old Bay), another great way to capture the wonderful flavors of summer tomatoes is with a great homemade tomato …
Here’s another delicious way to use all of that squash your co-workers keep bringing to the office… Roasted Patty Pan Squash with Maple Ginger Sausage 6 patty pan squash 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp sea salt 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper 2 tbsp fresh chopped thyme or marjoram 1/8 cup chopped onion (or more if you …
Just about every weekend, I’m in the kitchen…cooking for myself or sometimes for my clients. And, when I’m in the kitchen, I like to listen to music. Quiet makes me too ADD. The tunes are either on my iPhone on the sound dock or on Spotify on my laptop (I tend to use my laptop for web …
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 …
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 …
