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With Memorial Day weekend approaching, we are officially entering the
start of the summer outdoor cooking season. We Americans tend to think
of grilling as coming a close second only to baseball as our national
pastime.
Just about everybody loves pasta and eats it regularly nowadays. But,
when I talk to my friends about what they cook at home, it seems that
many people are in a pasta rut.
My mother and grandmother were both wonderful, professional-quality
bakers. One of my favorites was a Viennese specialty we called
cremeschnitten, literally "cream slices" or "cream sandwiches."
¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! The May 5th celebration of the 1862 Battle of
Puebla, a key turning point in Mexico's battle for independence from
France, is actually celebrated more widely in the United States than in
Mexico. I always enjoy Cinco de Mayo.
With the unusually mild winter most of us have had, and a warm start to
springtime, grilling season seems to be coming sooner than usual. I find
that grilling enthusiasts generally fall into one of two different
camps.
Each April 22 since 1970 in the United States, and since 1990 around the
world, people have observed the holiday known as Earth Day. Of course,
food will be the focus of my own Earth Day celebration with my family.
