Grilled Cheese by John Ash· February 19, 2024 5:00 pm·Who doesn’t love a gooey grilled cheese sandwich? Simple to make and especially appropriate for cold weather. This delicacy dates…
Not your average Joe by John Ash· February 16, 2024 4:35 pm·There are many riffs on this dish, but Saveur magazine’s James Oseland describes it best: “Joe’s Special is one of…
Lime posset, a magical elixir for the holidays by John Ash· January 19, 2024 10:12 am·Serves 4 Posset (pronounced pos-it) originally was an English drink made of hot milk curdled with ale or wine and…
About that ‘kraut! by John Ash· December 27, 2023 5:04 pm·Sooo… it’s that time of year for richly flavored braised dishes. Unless one grew up in a Germanic family of…
House of the Spirits: Try your hand at homemade liqueurs by John Ash· December 4, 2023 2:28 pm·The tradition of distilling liqueurs from fruits, grains and aromatic herbs certainly predates the birth of Christ. Hippocrates was a…
The dirty dozen by John Ash· November 13, 2023 11:41 am·One of the environmental safety groups that I’ve long supported is the Environmental Working Group. They take on and publicize…
The Ground Truth: How to Cook the Perfect Burger by John Ash· September 15, 2023 4:27 pm·Now that we are well into summer the grills come out. I’m not sure what the most popular grilled protein…
Better the Butter: How to Make Flavored Butters by John Ash· July 17, 2023 5:58 pm·When I started my formal culinary training in France, one of the first things I learned to make were Beurres…
Better the Butter: How to Make Flavored Butters by John Ash· June 27, 2023 6:27 pm·When I started my formal culinary training in France, one of the first things I learned to make were Beurres…
Simple Soups for the Soup-Lover’s Soul by John Ash· April 15, 2023 2:50 pm·There is lots of trivia about soup: In the court of Louis XI, the ladies were so vain that they…