Married Food

When I usually mention that I enjoy an occasional avocado or two on my hot dogs, most people’s reaction is one of surprise or even mild disgust. The few people who nod their head in approval are obviously from Chile or one of the few other countries that engages in the interesting practice of creating [...]

Holiday traditions are as unique as the cultures and families that create them. Everyone I have talked to this week shared something that’s completely their own, a long-standing set of rules and habits governing everything from when and how gifts are opened to what, when and how the holiday meal takes place. As Christmas Eve, [...]

A couple of weeks ago a friend mentioned that she was going to make a batch of sofrito and wanted to see if I was still interested in learning how to make it myself. I was, so I spent an afternoon with her – getting supplies, preparing it (really easy!), and canning (learned about bath canning). Besides getting to [...]

One of the most classic Polish dishes that I enjoy preparing often is the kotlet schabowy, or breaded pork cutlet. You might know it by some of its other names, like the Austrian Wiener Schnitzel (more often made with veal, rather than pork), or the Italian milanese, though this type of preparation is most often [...]

One of the amazing things about any culture is not only what they eat, but also the manner in which they eat it. After all, many attribute the fact that the French can stay so amazingly thin with their diet to anything but the food–from what happens around the meal to the way they lead [...]