TV Dinners With the Summer Olympics underway we’ve become couch potatoes. Our TV dinners are freshly made with local produce from the Hudson Valley. To quench our thirst, we’re tasting our way around the world of rosés made outside of France, the Olympics of non-Provencal rosé, if you will. Even in prelims, we’re finding that […]
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Category Archives: cooking
Savoring the Holidays with The Kitchen Alchemist
Do you manage food allergies in yourself or others? Tune in for Savoring the Holidays with The Kitchen Alchemist on Your Book Your Brand Your Business on Monday, December 17 at 5 PM Eastern. Frances Castelli, the author of the international bestseller, will discuss her book and share her tips for creating delicious, allergy-free meals […]
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The Kitchen Alchemist Author Frances Castelli on Your Book Your Brand Your Business
My experience as an independent publishing consultant and ghostwriter has taught me the importance of embracing the creative process — which often undergoes various transformations before any given client and I can produce a professionally published paperback and eBook. This principle has played out in my collaboration with Frances Castelli, whose inspiring journey through the […]
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Deepa Thomas Shares Her Secrets to Slow Carb Cooking- July 12
Picture this: You are born and raised in a family of privilege in India. At twenty-one you are a young bride to a man you barely know heading to the U.S.A. Everything is new: your husband, your home, your country, the food, the culture. Deepa Thomas, mother of two sons, wife to a tech executive […]
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“Nice Butt!” Means Great BBQ for Matt Moore
We share a pet peeve with Matt Moore: We get annoyed when people refer to a summer cookout or grilling as a “barbecue” or “barbecuing.” It’s like calling Prosecco “Champagne.” It’s not the same. Barbecue is a sacred tradition in the Southern states. Like real Coca-Cola, pimiento cheese and biscuits, we don’t like poor knock-offs or […]
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Meet the Golden Girl of Persian Cooking-May 11- The Connected Table LIVE!
There’s just something about the name “Persia” that seduces us. We are drawn to the flavors and aromas. Mint, cumin, cinnamon, oranges, pomegranates, dates and honey are ingredients we like add to many of our everyday dishes. Aside from Melanie’s coming of age tour to Israel as a teenager, we’ve only traveled to the Middle […]
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Ireland on the Table – The Connected Table LIVE March 16
While doing our research for Our March 16th radio show, we learned that the traditional St. Patrick’s day dish of corned beef and cabbage is really a Jewish specialty. New York City’s Irish working class frequented nearby Jewish delis and food carts. Corned beef and cabbage was a flavorful and cheaper alternative to Irish bacon […]
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Voyage to Alaska- March 2, The Connected Table LIVE!
To be honest, we had to look up Tutka Bay on the map. FYI: it’s in Alaska. That said, it was with pleasure that we did so. For when “The Tutka Bay Lodge Cookbook” came across our desk and we started flipping through the pages of this wonderful tome, we knew that not only did […]
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A Super Week of Dining = February 10- The Connected Table LIVE
Predictions are restaurants will score well this week starting with Super Bowl Sunday February 7 and ending with Valentine’s Day February 14 with Chinese New Year (starts Feb. 8) and Mardi Gras (culminating Feb. 9) in between. A few statistics we found: On Super Bowl Sunday Americans will consume 1.3 billion chicken wings 278 million avocados 325 […]
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Graham Elliot Teaches You To Cook Like a MasterChef at Home
He grew up as a Navy brat, dropped out of high school to join a punk rock band and has been to all fifty states. Graham Elliot fell into cooking while working menial jobs in restaurants to support his musician’s life on the road. Inspired, he enrolled in Johnson & Wales to receive his formal training […]
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