One turkey bacon stands out in the flock
One turkey bacon stands out in the flock
If you swoon over regular bacon, chances are you wouldn’t go anywhere near turkey bacon. It’s one of those “just not quite as good” substitutes for pork lovers. But for those who prefer something a little lower in fat and calories, it can provide a similar…
Nothing plain about Tahitian vanilla beans
One of my first sense memories was of vanilla drifting out of the back of the Watkins man’s truck as he patiently waited for my mother to choose among his spices. The truck would come through our South Bay neighborhood every so often, selling spices, home…
Bad boy chef of Vietnam shares war stories from behind the stove
It’s more than fitting that Anthony Bourdain wrote the introduction to Bobby Chinn’s “Wild, Wild East: Recipes and Stories From Vietnam” (Barron’s, 224 pages, $29.99). The recipes are liberally doused in fish sauce and the prose is equally pungent – the most…