Roots and Grubs

This month on Culinate: In the bag: Keep herbs fresh with paper and plastic When it comes time to account for my sins, cilantro abuse won’t be at the top of the list, but it’ll be up there.

I just started reading Ellie Mathews’s memoir The Ungarnished Truth, in which she wins a million dollars in the Pillsbury Bake-Off for her recipe, Salsa Couscous Chicken. Surely now you are wondering: how can I develop a million-dollar recipe? I’ve got you covered: The Roots and Grubs Million-Dollar Recipe Generator If you win, all I ask is a […]

Did you know yesterday was Tart Day? No? That’s because I made it up! Tart Day started when I made some Milky Way tarts from Maury Rubin’s Book of Tarts. Rubin is the owner of City Bakery in New York and LA. We visited it while we were in New York and it’s one of the […]

On the way home from school, I found a bus ticket on the ground. Me: Oh yeah! A free ride. Iris: For two or just you? Me: You’re always free. Where should we go? Iris: I don’t know, where do you want to go? […]

Have you ever read the book Why We Buy by Paco Underhill? Underhill is a retailing consultant: he tells stores how to move more product. This sounds evil, I know, but mostly Underhill talks about clever ways to keep both the customers and the bookkeepers happy. For example: a lot of stores keep their shopping […]