For Chinese New Year today, I am honoring my family by making the traditional Lowcountry dish of shrimp and grits (my father’s mother grew up in Charleston, South Carolina)—with a few modifications. I used beautiful fresh polenta from Farmer Ground Flour (located in the Finger Lakes region and sold at New York area farmers’ markets), [...]

A few weeks ago I moved to Miami for a fabulous new job; to quell bouts of Charlottesville homesickness, I’ve turned to my favorite comfort food: shrimp scampi. Using a pound of local bay shrimp from Casablanca Seafood Market, I add 1/8c of diced bacon, two cloves of chopped garlic, and the peeled shrimp to [...]