A Good Cook
A few years ago someone asked me whether my mother was a good cook. I was at a loss to know what to say. They should have asked years earlier.…
Read moreDid Elizabeth David Test Recipes? Eat Your Words, Rachel
Some time ago, writing about Elizabeth David and Julia Child, I cheerfully said of the former “I would bet a good bit that she had never cooked most of those…
Read moreThe Cow’s Nest Cookbook: (1) Super Simple Walnut Ice Cream
A couple of weeks ago I found myself contributing to a Twitter discussion in which Dan Barber described his rapturous first encounter with raw milk. “Non homog nicer than homog…
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