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Root Vegetables in a Slow Cooker

Root Vegetables in a Slow Cooker

  A Hot Thing in the last few years has been Roast Vegetables. Put all sorts of root vegetables – and sometimes sturdy green vegetables, too – in a pan and  put it in the oven…  The cooking concentrates the flavor, and you taste the 

WIAW 48 – January Meals!

WIAW 48 – January Meals!

  Another week, another day’s food… On Sunday I went to a small Greenmarket – many fewer farmers than Union Square, but it is closer to me. (Sometimes I don’t want to walk two miles in below freezing weather!) When I got home, I mentioned 

Pork Chops with Apples

Pork Chops with Apples

Yes, I just wrote about baking loin pork chops… but now I’m braising pork chops with apples! The trick with pork chops is keeping them moist and tender. You absolutely can pan fry them, or cook them with a grill, but while that is fast, 

2014 Blooper Post…

2014 Blooper Post…

Well, I showed you the highlights from last year. You could get the impression from this that I actually know what I’m doing…  All right, usually I do, or at least I know how to figure it out (or I wouldn’t be writing this blog) 

WIAW 47 – A New Year

WIAW 47 – A New Year

So, it’s January, a New Year. It’s funny – I was never that into the New Year’s Day stuff. The year started for me in September – the school year, the beginning of the theatre season, the time everything in New York City gathers itself