[Photo: Olive Oil Shop] I don’t know how good Alton Brown is as a chef, but he’s definitely the world’s best kitchen docent. Nobody seems better able to guide us… [Continue Reading]
Gettin’ Pickled
I love jalapenos. I love them fresh but I also love them pickled … on bagels with cream cheese on cheesy pepperoni pizza on nachos in every single Mexican dish… [Continue Reading]
Vincent Price’s Incredible Guacamole … and More
It came with the washing machine. A beautiful, ornately bound cookbook, authored by the Merchant of Menace himself, actor Vincent Price, along with his wife, Mary Price. It was the… [Continue Reading]
Why Our Ten-Minute Martini™ is Better Than the ‘Original’
Pat Carden is no bartender. The term suggests a mere custodian, one whose job is simply to make sure the customers’ glasses are filled and their tabs are paid. Pat… [Continue Reading]
Whole Foods for the people
The new Whole Foods Market in Boise will be raising money for The Idaho Foodbank through its Grab and Give program from the day the store opens in mid-November through… [Continue Reading]
Chef Sin’s Corn-Crab Chowder
Created September 2012 Serves 8 When a coworker delivered a truckload of picked-that-very morning corn to our workplace last month, I knew I wanted to try corn chowder (the kernels… [Continue Reading]
Here’s How It’s Done
Steve Rhodes, lately of Cafe Vicino, is launching a cooking class series at a’Tavola this month.
Knifework, Lesson 1
“Wearing gloves while chopping a jalapeno doesn’t help if you squirt the juice into your eye.” — Chef Sin
Give us a few moments …
… while we cook up something in the kitchen.