New Orleans has its own cuisine shaped by what grows there, but also by the people who live there. Dirty rice is as old as the city itself and was a dish invented in the kitchens of resourceful cooks to avoid waste and turn less desirable ingredients into something amazing. It’s a dish that satisfies…
Cowpeas with Za’atar
Originally posted on 07/11/2011 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Jack and the GMO Beanstalk Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack. Jack came from a hard-up family, but he considered himself a savvy, enterprising lad. To prove it, he went to the market, worked a deal and ran home to show his…
PICKLED SHALLOTS
Posted originally on 07/30/2012 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: In a Pickle and Other Tales of Summer Abundance from Chef John Toulze John Toulze thought he knew about seasonality. For more than a dozen years, he’s been executive chef at Sonoma’s premier restaurant, the girl & the fig, and with owner and founder Sondra Bernstein,…
