I finally made a proper batch of kimchi at home. David Lebobvitz’s newsletter inspired me. In it, he described kimchi as “easy to make, difficult to mess up.” Perhaps previous attempts at work (which were more messy than easy) were impaired by the...
Photo credit:Joel Blevins of WoodenBarn Media. Sonya Hundal is a baker and writer who specializes in wood-fired goods. Owner of Greenfield Bakers, a small bakery the rural English town of Friskney in the county of Lincolnshire. I met Sonya when we were both part of a...
Years ago, I took a week-long wine course at the French Culinary Insitute. Our teacher was master sommelier Roger Dragorn, someone tops in the business of a high class pour. Honestly, me and my fellow students were totally ignorant in our approach to wine, mimicking...
My efforts at making a Provencal rendition of a Roscon de Reyes or kings cake to celebrate the epiphany ironically fell on the historically important day of January 6th, it was confusing. At least this last effort was a good result to diminish the grey haze of...
Pierluigi Mazzella grew up on Italy’s island of Ischia, which lies just off the coast of Naples. His father worked as a fisherman. Pierluigi followed a different craft, falling in love with baking. After several apprenticeships in Italy, Pierluigi made...
