As summer comes to an end, we can still make use of the season’s bounty. Tomatoes, corn, peaches and watermelon – these are a few ingredients that I won’t really use any other time of year because they’ll never taste as good as they do right now. So let’s talk watermelon. There are few things as
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By Emily Teel Photo credit: Eating Slow For having only two ingredients, prosciutto and other cured hams spark immense passion, and the seeming conviction that each one is better than the last. The most fundamental rule is this: prosciutto, speck, and jamon all start out as the exact same cut of meat (specifically, the hind
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by Emily Teel Early spring can be the most frustrating time for eating seasonally. By April we’re beyond bored with winter vegetables, but the weather isn’t warm enough yet to have our real spring favorites emerge like sweet peas, asparagus, and strawberries. Though it might be tough to eat seasonally locally, we can still make inspiring meals
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With the first signs of spring I’m ready to start cooking with fresh greens. Asparagus and peas are some of my favorites because they are so effortlessly incorporated into a number of dishes, like pasta! I was inspired to create a springtime carbonara, studded with bright tender vegetables. Carbonara is a classic rich and creamy
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When I think of New Year’s Eve celebrations, luxury items come to mind. Special splurges to ring in the New Year like champagne and caviar. But after a night of indulgence it’s comforting to return to home-cooked meals. It is quite common for cultures to usher in the New Year with humble dishes signifying wealth and prosperity
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‘Tis the season to be spooky! If you’re not trick or treating this year, you might as well be treating yourself to a home-cooked meal. This Halloween I wanted to make a dish that looks creepy, something that at first glance you might not actually want to dig in to. In Di Bruno’s prepared foods
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I rarely can justify turning on the oven in the summer while the AC is blasting, so my little charcoal grill is the cooking hero during these hot months. It’s a welcome change of scenery, but I’m likely to stick to the same old favorites. When DB added our new line of Haku Shoyu to
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Well, here we are, an unprecedented quarantine. I know we’re all handling the situation differently, but one thing we’ve all got to do is eat. Personally, I find the best way to cope with the countless unknowns is by keeping up with my regular tasks around the house. Meal planning and cooking is a large
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I’m not here to give you a recipe for rotisserie chicken because, well honestly, you can’t replicate rotisserie chicken at home! Unless you have a rotisserie in your kitchen. Do you have one? Me neither. Luckily, Di Bruno’s cooks these up daily at their Franklin and Rittenhouse locations. There’s just so many reasons to love
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A box of pasta and a jar of red sauce might be considered by some a fallback recipe when you haven’t had time to get to the grocery store all week. For many of us it’s the first thing we learned to cook for ourselves because it’s just so easy to make. But I have
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