Cooking Upstream

I work a lot of hours. A typical day for me starts around 9:00 am when I leave my house and ends when I get home after teaching class, usual...

A lot of people don't realize this, but citrus is seasonal. We've become so accustomed to having oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefr...

What a crazy busy few weeks it's been! In the last 3 weeks, I've survived Valentine's Day, traveled to Boston for 3 days to trai...

This crazy winter....Ten days ago, we got about 2 feet of snow. Today, it's sunny and almost 50 degrees. The good news is that this war...

We had an amazing snow storm this weekend, a true blizzard. We got over 2 feet of snow here at my apartment, and the mall actually closed on...

I have a love/hate relationship with bananas. I like fresh bananas, but only when they're just barely ripe, no brown spots, with a bit o...

We go through a lot of stock at work, especially this time of year. With so many soups, stews, braises, pan sauces, etc., on the menus, we c...