Culinary legend tells us that pot-au-feu—soup stock—simmers on the back burner in any and all French homes. A pot of warm pinto beans is just as ubiquitous in most Mexican and Mexican-American homes. Growing up in California in the 1970s I loved hanging out at my best ... [Read More] [9 Comments. Please leave another.]
Archives for June 2009
Copyywriters’ Kitchen Weekly Menu June 7, 2009
Need dinner ideas? Here's what we're cooking this week at Copywriters' Kitchen: Monday Vichyssoise, baguette and assorted cheeses Tuesday Burritos made with Healthy Homemade Refried Beans, rice, mixed green salad Wednesday Cabo San Lucas Lime and Cilantro Grilled ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Copywriters’ Kitchen Cocktail Hour: Trinidadian Bulldog Cocktail
Sipping a Trinidadian Bulldog is like eating a perfectly ripe grapefruit sprinkled with golden Demerara sugar. And then getting kicked in the head. This cocktail is so simple and easy to make you might think it's nothing special. Oh, how wrong you would be. The ... [Read More] [4 Comments. Please leave another.]
Cumin and Lime Black Bean Salad
For the vegetarians in our home, bean salads are a delicious summertime alternative to grilled meat. At Copywriters' Kitchen, Cumin and Lime Black Bean Salad is a dinner and picnic staple. This salad’s mealy black beans—tossed with corn, cumin, lime juice, scallions and fresh ... [Read More] [1 Comment. Please leave another.]
Grilled Pimento Jerk Chicken
Pimento is the word Jamaicans use for allspice, the berries of the Pimenta dioica tree. Naturally, my Grilled Pimento Jerk Chicken recipe, below, uses generous quantities of aromatic pimento, allspice. This recipe was inspired by my fellow food blogger, Janée at Revel & Feast. ... [Read More] [1 Comment. Please leave another.]