Believing I had exhausted local restaurants to enjoy in my Sunnyside neighborhood, far from Manhattan, I was delighted to find SoleLuna, a two-year-old restaurant on Queens Boulevard. It took over a diner I had rarely visited except when desperate for the greasy-spoon...
Would my new salt-free diet put a kabash on ramen? Hope not. I love its layered and infused flavors so much, well, I would not be stopped! But I could make it at home. I prepared a stock with bones from a left-over chicken, along with Berkshire...
Last weekend I ventured down to Charlottesville, Virginia, an area in the news recently and near where my cooking career began years ago while serving in the U.S. Army. My trip had nothing to do with politics or military nostalgia. It was for a workshop in...
I am under doctor's orders to avoid salt, which can make eating out tough. Visiting Ecuador in August, I ended up asking other diners to taste everything for any overwhelming amounts of salt. Luckily restaurants there seemed to avoid salt, save for a...
Fusing Japanese and Peruvian foods, Mikka is an excellent restaurant in Samborondón, Ecuador. Here are some shots of a meal there, something I enjoyed while visiting this part of the world.
Visiting my mom and brother in Paso Robles, California, I ended up making a lot of lunch and dinners. My mother has been feeling "under the weather," and given how important food and a great meal is essential to our family, my wish was to add some sun to any clouds in...
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