The Flexitarian Cook

Last May, while my father was visiting from France, we went to Red Farm, a tiny but lovely Chinese restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village. The restaurant has a reputation for serving some of the best dim sum in the city, and it truly did not disappoint us. Everything we ate there was really fresh and [...]

A quick post, for a quick, classically Italian tomato and bread salad. The inspiration came from an America’s Test Kitchen show on PBS that I caught while on vacation in Cape Cod one slow morning. I just had to make it. It captures summer perfectly, in my view.   Panzanella Keep in mind that this [...]

I know. Chicken salad is one of those dishes that has entered the realm of “thanks, but no thanks” in most people’s repertoire of things they’re willing to eat. Who can blame them, really? Walk into most delis and you’re likely to be faced with chicken bits drowned in mayo. Period. Spices? Diced veggies or [...]