Category : Food

“Pizza in the southern city of Naples may be baked in ovens lit with wood from coffins.”

“Pizza in the southern city of Naples may be baked in ovens lit with wood from coffins.”

USED coffins.

“…after my party of four sat down, we heard yelling — loud, sustained…yelling — coming from the kitchen. (The chef) was dressing down a member of the staff.”

“…after my party of four sat down, we heard yelling — loud, sustained…yelling — coming from the kitchen. (The chef) was dressing down a member of the staff.”

A few minutes later, the chef was at it again. Fifteen seconds. Another fifteen. And without much forethought, I pushed back my chair and walked through the open doorway of the kitchen. I don’t remember exactly what I said, though I did not raise my voice to the point beyond where people in the kitchen [...]

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There’s no place like home…for Tex-Mex

My two oldest kids go to college in New England. The culinary upside: we have gallons of insanely expensive maple syrup (remember we’re two thousand miles from the closest sugar house) stored in our kitchen pantry. We profligately search for ways to use it. A recipe calls for a teaspoon of maple flavoring? No problem. [...]