 Mother of Sturgeon
Dignified roe
by Kimberly Lord Stewart
There are few foods that can drive a woman to thievery, but caviar is one of them.
I have a friend (really, it’s not me) who keeps a mother of pearl spoon in her purse for the sole purpose of tasting caviar—at the store. When the moment is right, and the big round security mirror isn’t pointed at her, she twists open the jar—POP!—and dips in. Read More |
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 Small Cheese
Out of the factory & into the handmade world of artisanal cheese
By Jay D. Rumisek
Mike Gingrich, owner of Uplands Cheese in Dodgeville, Wis., believes in an ancient way of doing things. But it wasn’t always this way. “I sold milk from my dairy farm to a cheese plant down the road for about 30 years...”
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 Home Cooking
How Southern cuisine emerged—one family at a time
By Jeff Steen
Biscuits smothered in salty-sweet butter lean against a buttermilk-soaked leg of spicy fried chicken. Glistening from the pot, an ear of corn sweats on the edge of the plate with granules of salt dotting its curves...
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 Cheeses from around the world
How they’re made and where they’re born
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