This isn’t so much a recipe as a very easy technique. The first time I had peppers blistered like this was in Spain, and they were a revelation. They were pimientos de Guernica, mild but flavorful little peppers, fried in olive oil until blistered, then tossed with coarse sea salt. The sweetness of the pepper, [...]
Today the temperature rose to 50 degrees and the sun finally showed itself. I was able to wear a jacket that was not of the head-to-toe, sleeping-bag variety! I didn’t wear a hat! I definitely needed a day like this. Stepping outside was like coming up for air.
By happy coincidence, we had planned an afternoon [...]
My late grandmother believed that it was good luck to eat ham and cabbage on New Year’s Day. I was fortunate enough to have grown up in the same town as my grandmother, so every New Year’s Day my family would drive over to her house for dinner. Holiday dinners happen early in my family, [...]
