So Many Dishes

No matter how much care I put into making hard-boiled eggs, there’s always one that doesn’t want to peel. It happened again today. The eggs weren’t too fresh, I didn’t overcook them, I chilled them quickly. Four peeled just fine. The fifth—well, you can see the picture above. The eggs…

In April 2020, early in COVID lockdown, a friend put together an online dining group that he called Flash Mob Dining. He’d set a weekly theme, such as a particular ingredient or type of cuisine, and people in the group would report on what they ate to meet that theme.…