My great aunt Rose Ciampi Russo, mother of five, aunt to hundreds, will always be known for her ham and cheese pie at Easter. I have no clue how many she baked, but it had to be dozens. Thankfully, one or two always found there way up the street to my grandparents’ house where we […]
All this talk of wind chill factors and threats of snowfall and driving rain sent me into the kitchen the other night to prepare the classic Portuguese soup Caldo Verde. This hearty one-dish meal made with beef, linquica or chourico, potato and kale was a staple on every restaurant’s menu in the Azores when I […]
I treated myself tonight by pre-ordering Joanne Chang’s “Flour, Too.” It will arrive in early June. The first “Flour” is one of my go-to cookbooks for all things pastry. Her Banana Bread is the best you’ll ever eat, the New Old Fashioned Coffee Cake will be a classic and her Pain Aux Raisins are magnifique! […]