Pickled Apricots with Ricotta on Toast

If You Haven’t Tried Pickled Dried Apricots, Now is the Time! Many times I’ve spoken about my practice of concentrating on one really outstanding recipe when making a meal, while keeping everything else very simple, so as not to feel overwhelmed. But I don’t think I’ve ever explained, to my complete satisfaction, how and why […]
Pork Noodle Bowl with Umami Sauce

Now Here is a Bowl of Noodles I Fully Support. Kenji Lopez is a favorite of mine and I came upon a recipe for his take on XO sauce in his new cookbook The Wok *. He calls it Umami Sauce because it doesn’t have the requisite dried scallops and shrimps, called for in typical […]