Slow Films Presents: Tinker Taco Lab
“It’s a taco. We have five tacos on the menu and two tamales. You can have a classic taqueria taco like chorizo and potato. You can have carnitas. With the name, Tinker Taco Lab, I’m trying to stay a...
View ArticleRetro Recipe: Chocolate Coconut Macaroons
Editor’s Note: Nancy Meyer lives just down the road from us. We appreciate so much her cooking and baking abilities and we thought this was a great time to reprise her macaroon recipe. Maybe you’ll...
View ArticleClassic Cowboy Chili
Once a year, I make my Classic Cowboy Chili in honor of my Texas roots. Superbowl Sunday is Chili day in our house- that’s just the way it’s always been. I’m not a big football fan, but Craig is, so I...
View ArticleMusic and Food
Throughout history, music and food have been co-conspirators. On the International Repertory of Music Literature (RILM) I recently read this: Many great composers and performers were connoisseurs, and...
View ArticleChef Glady’s Turnip Salad
Chef Glady’s Turnip Salad is a delicious, unexpected winter go-to side dish. Last Sunday morning we traveled across the Hudson River to attend the season’s first Rhinebeck Farmer’s Winter Market. Held...
View ArticleMy Kitchen Bible: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
For the last five years, I’ve continually turned to one cookbook, Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon. In my house it’s jokingly referred to as The Bible. (No disrespect intended to the one starring...
View ArticleRetro Recipe: Pumpkin Waffles Recipe with Warm Cinnamon Apples
Editor’s Note: It’s that time of year again! The frost is on the pumpkin, so why not make waffles? For the third year in a row, we are happy to share our friend Cheryl Paff‘s award winning recipe. If...
View ArticleRetro Recipe: Zesty Spicy Cranberry Sauce
Editor’s Note: We’re sharing our favorite holiday recipes again this year–and we’re continuing today with zesty, spicy cranberry sauce in a series we’re calling Retro Recipes. I love cranberry sauce....
View ArticleBourbon Ginger-Pecan Pie
This is the first recipe I ever really developed on my own, at the tumultuous age of 15. Every year, our family would drive for 5 hours up winding roads to our ski condo in Vermont for Thanksgiving,...
View ArticleRetro Recipe: Nanny McFarland’s Cheesy Grits
Editor’s Note: Cheesy grits. What’s not to love? We think grits (some might same polenta) are often overlooked as a delicious side dish on the Thanksgiving table. With this recipe from Jessica Grace,...
View ArticleRetro Recipe: Pumpkin Waffles Recipe with Warm Cinnamon Apples
Editor’s Note: It’s that time of year again! The frost is on the pumpkin, so why not make waffles? For the third year in a row, we are happy to share our friend Cheryl Paff‘s award winning recipe. If...
View ArticleRetro Recipe: Zesty Spicy Cranberry Sauce
Editor’s Note: We’re sharing our favorite holiday recipes again this year–and we’re continuing today with zesty, spicy cranberry sauce in a series we’re calling Retro Recipes. I love cranberry sauce....
View ArticleBourbon Ginger-Pecan Pie
This is the first recipe I ever really developed on my own, at the tumultuous age of 15. Every year, our family would drive for 5 hours up winding roads to our ski condo in Vermont for Thanksgiving,...
View ArticleRetro Recipe: Nanny McFarland’s Cheesy Grits
Editor’s Note: Cheesy grits. What’s not to love? We think grits (some might same polenta) are often overlooked as a delicious side dish on the Thanksgiving table. With this recipe from Jessica Grace,...
View ArticleRetro Recipe: The Perfect Thanksgiving Stuffing
Here’s my idea for the perfect Thanksgiving stuffing, but first a quick story. As expats living in London, there are really only two days of the year when I suffer from quite deep homesickness. One is...
View ArticleJoshua Applestone: The Applestone Meat Company
Editor’s Note: We’ve known the Applestones since they opened their original Fleisher’s Grass-Fed & Organic Meats in Kingston, New York and have followed them with much interest as they’ve...
View ArticleClassic Cowboy Chili
Once a year, I make my Classic Cowboy Chili in honor of my Texas roots. Superbowl Sunday is Chili day in our house- that’s just the way it’s always been. I’m not a big football fan, but Craig is, so I...
View ArticleMartha Lou’s Food
I’ve eaten some food. It’s my chosen profession and in order to train your palate you need to eat lots of different types of food. As you train your ‘taste palate’, you also need to train your...
View ArticleFoody Direct Interviews Craig McCord
Recently I was interviewed by Foody Direct. They were interested in my views on slow food, among other topics. Here’s a taste of that interview. You can read the whole interview here. What is the Slow...
View ArticleSlow Films Presents: Tinker Taco Lab
Chef James Jennings had this to say about his new taco place: “It’s a taco. We have five tacos on the menu and two tamales. You can have a classic taqueria taco like chorizo and potato. You can have...
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