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Cooking my way through the last issue of Gourmet, third batch.

To ease my unhappiness at the abrupt end of Gourmet publication in November, I decided to cook every recipe in the last issue.  I've been working my way through, to the delight of my family.  For more background you can read the first and second batches of recipes.  I finally got through the incredible [...]

Turmeric, the Brilliant Spice

Turmeric

Turmeric is a bright, yellow-orange powder with a musky scent and taste. It is sometimes called Indian saffron, due to its ability to color food, well, sort of the same color as saffron. Turmeric is more on the yellow side of the spectrum, while saffron is a deeper orange. Also, the taste [...]