Though it didn’t happen very often, when my brothers, my sister or I didn’t clean our plates at dinner, Dad would threaten to lock us in the basement and feed us nothing but raw onions. Needless to say, raw onions were not at the top of our list of favorite …
Rhubarb, like quince, isn’t on most people’s culinary radar unless they are fans of Prairie Home Companion where Garrison Keiler sings about Bebopareebop Rhubarb Pie. And describing a fight as a rhubarb (usually the emptying of benches at a baseball game) is about as old fashioned as home run hitters …
It’s time for major snacking as the NCAA men’s and women’s basketballtournaments (aka March Madness) begin. When I was food editor of the San Jose Mercury News, I often tied to match the foods for big sporting events to the teams participating or the cities in which the games were …
Some years ago, my wife and I had a few couples over for dinner. The first course was an artichoke half that had been cooked a la greque (in a seasoned bouillon). As Mary and I were returning the appetizer dishes to the kitchen, we noticed that there were piles …