Kimberly Houston | July 25, 2009
When I get my new issues of Gourmet and Bon Appetit each month, I consume them cover to cover, salivating over the recipes/attendant photos, reading the travel stories with much longing, and planning which recipes I’ll try. (Then there is the inevitable dreaming of a life where I cook and eat and drink and travel, and not much else, but I [...]
Kimberly Houston | July 16, 2009
This is joy: having lunch with your best friend, who you haven’t seen in six months, at a great bakery/restaurant in a small beach town on the lovely coast of North Carolina, enjoying one of the best sandwiches you’ve, in the history of ever, had, paired with the perfect wine for the task. The sandwich: [...]
Kimberly Houston | July 10, 2009
Here in Wilmington, we have a Top Ten Chefs competition every year, as decided by the community and readers of the local paper. This year’s Top Ten have now been duly chosen, and my buddy and co-worker, executive chef Michael Comer of Temptations, was in the top ten!! He deserves it, because he is wildly [...]
Kimberly Houston | July 5, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, after getting much around-the-house productive work accomplished, I felt inspired to cook. I got out a few back issues of Gourmet and Bon Appetit to spark my creativity, and ultimately landed on Penne with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Arugula and Pancetta, from the May 2009 issue of Gourmet. Besides the above ingredients, it also calls for onions, garlic, heavy cream, [...]
Kimberly Houston | July 5, 2009
To celebrate my birthday this week, I went out with friends to two of my favorite places in downtown Wilmington — Le Catalan and Nikki’s. First stop: Nikki’s, for the best turkey burger in town. I know people go to Nikki’s for the sushi, and it is fab-u-lous, but I go for the turkey burger. [...]
