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Come and join me on a Culinary Adventure aboard Celebrity Cruises’ Equinox. My Daily Meal Article is up at last!
Culinary Travel: Dining Like a Celebrity Jan 17, 2018 | 11:53 am By Monte Mathews Staff Writer Celebrity cruise line’s reputation for great cuisine is on full display aboard Celebrity Equinox The Galley Tour on Celebrity Cruise’s Equinox was well-attended despite this being a picture-perfect…
Perfect For Super Bowl Sunday and “This Is Us”…Monte’s Bourbon Chili
If you are a fan of “This Is Us”, the television phenomenon, you may have seen the episode leading up to this week’s Finale after the Super Bowl. Last week, Jack and Rebecca were all prepared for Super Bowl Sunday. I don’t know how…
Roast Chicken on a Weeknight? Yes! Melissa Clark’s Smoky Paprika Chicken with Crispy Chickpeas, Roasted Lemon and Baby Spinach
Melissa Clark’s “Dinner. Changing the Game” (Clarkson Potter 2017) arrived just a little late. The Instant Pot epidemic was fully underway and so this book took a back seat to her “Dinner in an Instant.75 modern recipes for your Pressure Cooker, Multi Cooker Instant Pot”…
Attention Trader Joe’s Shoppers: Our top 6 favorite discoveries and one we thought was a dud.
If you’ve spent any time reading this blog, you know I am a huge fan of Trader Joe’s and not just because there happens to be one just three blocks from our place in the city. I will suffer the crowds for the convenience and…
D’Artagnan Adds Chicken Confit to Its Extraordinay Line-Up
Home cooks and Chefs alike will welcome this terrific new Chicken Confit Photos Courtesy of D’Artagnan Foods D’Artagnan’s new Chicken Confit comes in packages of 2 and 12. Ariane Daguin, founder of D’Artagnan, was up to her ears in Duck Fat. This will come as…
Honey Pine-Nut Tart from Gina De Palma’s “Dolce Italiano”
As often as not, Andrew volunteers to bring dessert whenever we’re asked out to dinner. On this particular occasion, he asked our friends Bill and Peter if they had any requests. Peter asked for ‘something nutty’. I seemed to remember an amazing tart Andrew had…
Christmas Cookbooks Continued: Christopher Kimball’s “Milk Street The New Home Cooking” and his recipe for No-Sear Lamb and Chickpea Stew
Two years ago, we covered Christopher Kimball’s scandalous leave-taking from Cook’s Illustrated, the precursor to which he founded in 1980. If you want to relive the whole sordid mess, there’s a link to that story beneath today’s recipe. The announced reason that he then started…
Mushrooms in Yogurt Cream with Dill: The first Christmas Cookbook yields a great new addition to Chewing The Fat
I have several partners in crime on Chewing The Fat. The most obvious one is Andrew. He contributes regularly and is basically responsible for everything baked on the blog. Behind the scenes, his sister, Lauren is a big supporter. She uses a lot of the…
After the longest deep freeze in memory…a breath of Spring: Pasta Primavera with Pink Shrimp
In the Northeast, it has been below the freezing mark since Christmas Day. Literally dozens of records have been broken on an almost daily basis. Any thought of Spring is about as far away as April. So I was taken aback when I saw a…
Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea?
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? Dec 19, 2017 | 5:08 pm By Monte Mathews Staff Writer Neiman Marcus has New Year’s all figured out! Photo courtesy of The Knickerbocker Hotel, NYC Neiman Marcus, the luxury retailer, has chosen New York’s The Knickerbocker Hotel’s…
A Christmas Invitation leads to a great souvenir…Come along to Ireland and we’ll share a pint…my latest Daily Meal article has been published.
There’s a 200th Birthday Party in Ireland Dec 4, 2017 | 12:02 pm By Monte Mathews Staff Writer And you’re invited to the 200th Anniversary of the First Pint of Guiness to reach American shores. What’s more Irish than the potato? How about a pint…
Why on earth does Andrew Zimmern eat what he does when he has this waiting for him at home? Rishia Zimmern’s Chicken with Shallots
Are you familiar with Andrew Zimmern? He’s hard to miss. For the past 15 seasons, starting in 2005, “Bizaare Foods with Andrew Zimmern” has aired on The Travel Channel. In over 100 episodes, Zimmern has been to 34 countries and 14 states in search of,…
What to pair with one of the World’s greatest Wines…its Proprietere tells all in my latest Daily Meal article…
Château Climens Proprietor Pairs Her Sauternes With Cheeses, Seafood, and More Nov 28, 2017 | 12:10 pm By Monte Mathews Staff Writer Bérénice Lurton extends the possibilities for her acclaimed sweet wine Global wine production in 2017 fell to a low not seen in seven…
