Ari LeVaux

Flash In The Pan

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The climate menu

Ari LeVaux

If you are concerned about the climate and want to do your part, but can’t get excited about a diet of eco-mush, the next best alternative is to learn about the nuanced ways food can impact the climate

Don’t let the pan dry out 

Ari LeVaux

The act of scraping off the fond is deglazing. As cook mixes fond into the bubbling pool of flavor, pan sauce is born.

Bull Market

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 The action got crazy in a hurry.  While I was busy trading meat for carrots, the host got to Johnny and scored the dried tomatoes and pickled beets before I could make a move.

Just Meat

Ari LeVaux

Here we are in hunting season again, which means it’s time for my annual plunge into the cleansing, frozen waters at the confluence of catharsis, sustenance and hard-won flavor.

The Mayo Wars

Ari LeVaux

But a major war is being waged right now, about something thicker than water, thicker than blood, and white as the fallen snow. Mayonnaise.