Of the many elements of cooking I have most enjoyed learning about balance. The underlying element of any perfect dish, balance is what occurs when flavors are paired and contrasted against one-another, when textures combine to make your tongue dance and your taste buds tingle. Balance is achieved when every type of taste is attended to, the sensory scale of …
Spicy Watermelon Margaritas
As a child, watermelon was always an ‘outside food.’ Willie, Allison and I would line up on the steps of our back porch, watermelon triangles in hand, our little teeth crunching into the fruit, our faces, fingers and clothes sticky and pink as we let the watermelon take over. Years later I still cherish the purely-summer practice of eating watermelon by-the-slice …
Seared Tuna with Watermelon, Feta & Avocado Salsa
Summer has arrived! It teased us with a blast of heat in early March, whetting our appetites for long days in the sun, aimless hours lost in the pages of a book. My most favorite summer-time moments are spent at my in-law’s house, or in their garden, rather. Lounging by the pool with a view of the lake peaking through …