Eatymology: Mirepoix
Welcome to Eatymology, where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our menu and grocery store vocabulary. I first came across today’s term (pronounced ‘meer-pwa’) during a game of high-brow...
View ArticleEatymology & Spanish Culinary: Percebes
Percebes. Son de puta madre. (No, that’s not profanity, it’s slang for “they’re awesome.”) :) I had no clue what these were until my trip to Galicia this past summer. Now that you know what they’re...
View ArticleEatymology: Confit
Welcome to Eatymology, where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our menu and grocery store vocabulary. For some diners, ignorance is bliss. For others, reading their veal’s dream diary and...
View ArticleEatymology: Financier
Welcome to Eatymology, where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our menu and grocery store vocabulary. Financier Patisserie, the Manhattan cake franchise, has a bad rap, and today’s edition...
View ArticleEatymology & Spanish Food 101 – Empanada de Bacalao
One of my favorite memories of spending so much time in Spain was waking up in the morning to run my errands. Unlike the supermarkets and convenience stores that we have in the States, stores in Spain...
View ArticleEatymology: Casa Mono Edition
Welcome to Eatymology, where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our menu and grocery store vocabulary. Today’s edition draws inspiration from top tapas spot Casa Mono, where you might just...
View ArticleEatymology: Gianduja
Welcome to Eatymology, where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our menu and grocery store vocabulary. I have a tree-nut allergy. It’s tragic – I’ll never be a real food critique; I’ll never...
View ArticleEatymology: Meat Beat – Chuck
Welcome to Eatymology, where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our menu and grocery store vocabulary. A recurring resolution -one at perennial odds with the accompanying ‘lose 8 pounds’- is...
View ArticleEatymology: Meat Beat – Round
Welcome to Eatymology’s Meat Beat where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our meat vocabulary, beginning with the 8 (or 9, depending on who’s asking) basic US primal cuts for beef. That’s...
View ArticleEatymology: Vandaag Edition
Welcome to Eatymology, where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our menu and grocery store vocabulary. “Our cultural contribution to the world isn’t culinary,” cautioned my Dutch companion....
View ArticleEatymology Meat Beat: Rib
Welcome to Eatymology’s Meat Beat where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our meat vocabulary, beginning with the 8 (or 9, depending on who’s asking) basic US primal cuts for beef. That’s...
View ArticleEatymology: Enter The Florentine
Welcome to Eatymology, where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our menu and grocery store vocabulary. I came across an interesting (though likely apocryphal) piece of trivia whilst planning...
View ArticleEatymology Meat Beat: Brisket
Welcome to Eatymology’s Meat Beat where I help myself (and like-minded dummies) build our meat vocabulary, beginning with the 8 (or 9, depending on who’s asking) basic US primal cutsfor beef. That’s...
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