This weekend is the Heirloom Tomato Weekend at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and they have graciously asked me to demonstrate some heirloom tomato recipes for their Garden Chef Series. There are two demonstrations, at 1:30 and 2:30, so time is a little bit limited and we are doing two simple recipes that compliment each other […]
Anatomy of a Dish: Reezy-Peezy, ca. 1730
Here in the North, there are certain foods folks think of when Southern cooking comes to mind, and many of them are truly iconic American edibles – fried chicken, biscuits, grits, peach cobbler, gumbo, collard greens, fried green tomatoes, okra, and such – but the view onto the Southern table is perhaps a bit muddled […]
Sustainable Seafood Cooking Demo for Andersonville Green Week – Recipes
This Wednesday July 13, I’ll be Joining Brooke Havlik from the Shedd Aquarium at the Andersonville Farmer’s Market for a cooking demonstration on the topic of sustainable seafood. This has been a bit of a marathon the last two weeks as I have done demonstrations at the Taste of Chicago and Green City Market. Even […]
Recipes for Saturday’s Green City Market Cooking Demonstration
Even with all of the spectacular meat vendors at the Green City Market, I have to say what the market never fails to do is bring out the vegetable lover in me. I’ll leave the market with a dizzying variety of fruits and vegetables and ambitious plans to utilize them. This Saturday, we’ll once again […]
Recipes for Thursday’s Demo at Taste of Chicago
Creole Shrimp, Oyster, & Green Tomato Gumbo with Stovetop Cornbread This Thursday, June 30 at 12:30 p.m. I will demonstrate how to make shrimp & green tomato gumbo and stovetop cornbread at the Dominick’s Cooking Corner at Taste of Chicago. Please join me for a fun and informative demonstration on a couple of Southern classics. […]