The Flexitarian Cook

Most people (and gorillas, apparently) have a hard time keeping away from some kind of food.  Chips, ice-cream, cookies, something crunchy, salty or sweet (heck, bananas too) are just the kind of fix many of us need at some time or other. We all have our favorites, don’t we? Personally, I’d advise you keep the [...]

As college students in Paris twenty-five a few years ago, my friends and I used to go to a little Italian restaurant in the 6th arrondissement, on the rue Clément, called Le Golfe de Naples. The owner, Attilio, would serve us some cheap but seriously enjoyable food; I know that the restaurant still exists, but [...]

Now that the foie gras and bubbly have been put away, let’s concentrate on the kind of food we can actually eat every day without fear of post-meal angioplasty (not to mention guilt over that foie gras, but, deep breath, let’s not get carried away). I’ll start the year with roasted tomatoes, which is one [...]