Category: Food

I’m a pretty solid cook, if I do say so myself. But this one flummoxed me. Any ideas?

Paella has been a staple in the cafeteria here at tom-mcgee.com world headquarters for over twenty years. Our crack team of chefs has prepared it more ways than you can think of, and has it pretty much down to a science. But the other week when the Times ran a recipe for grilled paella, they…

Cooked some rocking good steaks last night. Here’s the Method…

I made this last weekend to bring to a party, and from start to on-my-way-out-the-door was under an hour. And that’s including the fairly tedious carved-out tomatoes business.

We all have our comfort food vices. When I’m at home alone I enjoy making fish soup. Go figure. No one else in the household appreciates it, so I treat it like a guilty pleasure. One of my favorite cookbooks is “A Tuscan In The Kitchen.” The author’s recipes don’t have measurements, temperatures or timings.…