Chef David Kinkead
I’ve long had a theory that good cooks often come from big families. All the hustle and bustle of growing up sharing the kitchen and the table and most everything else seems to inspire at least one person to take cooking seriously. To further my research, a few weeks ago, in the company of my Oldways [2] colleague, Erika Ross, I headed over to Sibling Rivalry [3], a restaurant in Boston’s South End that features the contemporary cooking of two brothers, Bob and David Kinkead. They grew up in a family of 10, making them prime candidates for further investigation. We were guests of Stop&Shop [4], whose energetic consumer advisor, Andrea Astrachan, presided over a “Back to Reality” blogger luncheon to offer local mom and food bloggers some ideas for cooking dinners that can provide leftovers for healthy school lunches. The menu offered two entrees: roast chicken or skirt steak. We chose the Med Diet [5] favorite, roast chicken, which was served with rice pilaf. As we ate, David demonstrated how to use leftovers from these two meals to create a tasty lunch the next day. His talk was a great reminder that we all can benefit from stretching a food budget by cooking something once and eating it twice– or, in chef talk, “maximizing what’s in the kitchen.” It also proved that there’s always something new to learn when a serious foodie talks about food. And, since everything we tasted, from the bouncy salad greens to the tiny dessert tarts, was absolutely delicious, this lunch proved my theory. Here are a few of the tips I took home that day:Links
[1] http://mediterraneanmark.org/
[2] http://www.oldwayspt.org
[3] http://www.siblingrivalryboston.com/
[4] http://www.stopandshop.com/
[5] http://mediterraneanmark.org/MedDiet101.htm
[6] http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/4/54159/restaurant/South-End/Sibling-Rivalry-Boston
[7] https://oldwayspt.org/categories/events
[8] https://oldwayspt.org/categories/food
[9] https://oldwayspt.org/categories/georgia
[10] https://oldwayspt.org/categories/mediterranean-diet
[11] https://oldwayspt.org/categories/oldways
[12] https://oldwayspt.org/categories/people
[13] https://oldwayspt.org/categories/restaurant
[14] https://oldwayspt.org/categories/uncategorized