A Near Perfect Pizza

by | Jan 28, 2016 | baking, Food Writing, From Scratch, pizza

I’ve been exploring Neapolitan pizzas in NYC, but I haven’t had a better one than I did yesterday at Citizen Pie, a new addition to the Cleveland food scene, in a once gritty neighborhood directly across from Beachland Ballroom, one of the most cutting-edge/eclectic...

Key Lime Tart

by | Jan 22, 2016 | baking, Books, egg, Food Adventure, Recipes, Travel

Down in Key West on my annual boondoggle to cook for my cousins Rob and Ab and their merry band of sailors as they narrowly hang onto second place in their J-111 class, and their son, Ryan, skippers the 88, with his sister cousin Maegan aboard. And so, in honor of...

On “Healthy” Food

by | Jan 18, 2016 | Article, health, Rant

  Yesterday the Washington Post published my article “No Food is Healthy, Not Even Kale.”   JOIN MICHAEL ONLINE TODAY! Don’t forget to join me online for this Wednesday’s Free Range chat at noon EST at live.washingtonpost.com.    ...