We’re still enjoying our batch of Hatch green chiles, which don’t seem as hot this year as they usually are. Maybe it was the unusually dry season last year. But while I was trying to research why they were so mild, I found some interesting facts about chiles: One fresh medium-sized green chile pod has > read more
You already know that I think my Le Creuset cookware is one of the best things that modern science ever invented. It’s indestructible, easy to clean, looks pretty and, best of all, makes even my amateur cooking taste good. Even here in Phoenix, we get cold days (of course, cold for us is when the > read more
My grandmother always cooked with cast iron cookware. It matched her personality, she said. I remember watching her “clean” the cast iron with hot water and paper towels. Soap, she explained, would remove the finish and ruin the pan. The knowledge that the pans were never cleaned with soap and each one had a > read more