From Scratch

For many, Labor Day weekend will bring a final flurry of outdoor cooking and often, that means steaks. When I think of the finest Prime beef I’ve ever bought at retail only one name comes to mind: Lobel’s. It’s on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and this will describe it for you:

Jackie O bought her meat there
So […]

It’s not a trick question and the answer is not Pillsbury.
Read on to find out.

Reuters has a concise, non-partisan roundup of reactions by leading presidential candidates to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. It’s simply their words without spin or interpretation, which I like since we are capable of thinking for ourselves. You’ll find it here.
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This is a dish, like cold sesame noodles, that I’ve learned to make now that I’ve moved to New England. There are many fine Indian restaurants in New York, but in New England not so many. My recipe quest led me to near-hits and misses but I’ve finally found a winner for this spicy favorite; it’s […]

This is a perfect accompaniment to the chicken tikka masala or any spicy dish for that matter. Dip a bit of naan into it to cool things down or simply eat it on the side. It will help use up leftover yogurt from the chicken dish, assuming you buy one large economical container, and because I […]

When I am back in New York, I torture myself by going to the Greenmarket at Union Square. It’s enormous and the variety of foods for sale, not just produce, is amazing. It was at the Greenmarket that I was given this recipe ages ago when I bought either basil or tomatoes, perhaps both, I don’t recall.
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The Weekly Standard has published what I think is a top-notch article about our culture of celebuchefs, from the vaunted to the wannabe vaunted competing on shows such as Top Chef and Hell’s Kitchen. Called Bam! Making Sense of America’s Celebrity Chef Culture, this long article goes beyond criticism of superficial food-related shows and overexposed […]

In many ways the news was grim this week, but there was one very bright spot, as noted by Bob Englehart of the Hartford Courant.

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George Bush had the audacity to compare the Iraqi mess with Vietnam to try to justify his military commitment in Iraq. He told a convention of veterans that withdrawing would lead to massive suffering, even deaths:
One unmistakable legacy of Vietnam is that the price of America’s withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens whose agonies […]

I suspect the old saw that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach came out of the decades-ago beliefs that women needed to know how to cook and had to “catch” a man. Nowadays those attitudes are relics, at least among most people, and cooking is not gender-specific except with Neanderthal men.
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I created this with several kinds of “goodness” in mind. Of course, I wanted to take advantage of sweet, local corn but I also strove to cut down on the bad fats and cholesterol in most cornbread. And I wanted the double goodness of fast prep and minimal cleanup; there’s no pot of water to […]

If I didn’t know Bravo’s got its ducks in a row for Season 4, I’d think this season of Top Chef is never going to end. After interrupting the season not even half way through for that silly “reunion” and after stretching the restaurant war to two episodes, there is no episode again next week. […]

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Next week, Aug. 23, From Scratch will be at the following adddress: http://foodpluspolitics.com . That was not my first choice, or even 15th, but there it is. Subscribers: this should be seamless for you, as the changeover to serve you is on my end. If you do not see new content dated 8/23 by Saturday, […]

The Los Angeles Times reports today that some 2 million papers from Hillary Clinton’s years as first lady have been locked up at the Clinton presidential library and are not likely to be released until some time after the elections next year. Among the documents are appointment logs, calendars and memos, including memos about meetings […]