Food and the Story
Some weeks it’s simply what we ate, other weeks it’s the history simmering behind it; part diary, part research, always a question, because every plate carries a story.
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The Kitchen I Came Home To: Big Flavors and Tall Tales from My Corner of Kentucky by Sara Bradley (opens the original)
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I could not help but wonder… when we say a dish tastes like home, are we remembering a place, a person, or the version of ourselves who first ate it?⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1219" src="https://sub
Culinary School Week Six (opens the original)
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Want Course Notes in your inbox? Because it is a separate Food & the Story section, you will need to subscribe to it on the Newsletters page.Subscribe to Course NotesNobody ever talks about the stock. We talk about the sauce. We order the sauce. We remember the sauce. We drag the last piece of bread through whatever is left of it on the plate. But this week in Sau
The Seasonal Table: Apples (opens the original)
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I have always believed the best stories are not just written down. They are cooked. Sometimes slowly, over generations, and sometimes in the space between one season ending and another beginning.Fall arrived yesterday. Apparently, no one told Texas. The calendar says fall, but here on Galveston Island, the temperature is still flirting with triple digits, my sandals are nowhere near retirement, and a pot of soup sounds less like dinner and more like a personal challenge. This is the strange part
Culinary School Week Five (opens the original)
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Want Course Notes in your inbox? Because it is a separate Food & the Story section, you will need to subscribe to it on the Newsletters page.Subscribe to Course NotesThere is something funny about starting a new class when you have only just figured out how to feel comfortable in the last one. Four weeks of Basic Food Preparation had finally made the
Reverse-Seared Chuck Roast Steak with Red Wine Pan Sauce (opens the original)
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Chuck roast does not always get invited to the steak table, which feels a little unfair. It has flavor, fat, personality, and just enough stubbornness to make you work for it. The trick is cooking it gently first, then giving it a hot skillet finish so the outside gets dark and gorgeous while the inside stays rosy.<div
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