A Taste of Asheville October 1 – 3
Step Right Up!!! You don’t want to miss the Asheville Class where for three days we cook, we learn, we laugh and we get out into the countryside to see the producers! October 1-3, 2014 It isn’t too late to Sign Up Now!
It’s Almost Time to Go
Au revoir, Bosnia. Or rather, dovidjenja! But, I’ll be back. The project in rural tourism and agricultural development that I’m working on is compelling, and I love the people and the food, absolutely. There is something so warm, so authentic, so deeply friendly and delicious about it all. And there is something else. People here […]
Pura – Bosnian Polenta
Yesterday I learned how to make a dish called pura, the Bosnian version of polenta, with its own delicious twist. Zora Pentic was my “teacher.” Zora belongs to a rural women’s group dedicated to keeping the old food ways, and part of my job while here was to offer a cooking demonstration to this group. […]
Cooking Among the Stars
Cooking and teaching French cuisine in Los Angeles is more fun than I could have imagined! For one thing, I’m in the home of Cathy and Steve Arkle high on the hill in Studio City, and the view from the kitchen over San Fernando Valley stretches to heaven. The mornings are overcast and cool and, […]
Cod with Pearls
I had a revelation last evening. It was entirely unexpected, which is the nature of revelations I guess. I was preparing dinner for a group of friends, testing recipes at the same time as I often do. On the menu was a dish I’d never made but that I was sure would be wonderful, “dos […]
