Winter Cuisine

When the weather outside is frightening, the food inside better be warm and satisfying! Winter fare is traditionally hot and sustaining to pack in calories and fat to keep us warm through the lean months. Left to simmer on a low heat throughout the day, chilis and stews are available after shoveling snow or stacking fire wood. Many of the winter comfort foods are made with less expensive cuts of meat that can not only withstand the all day cooking, but gets better with time and cold weather root vegetables that weather nicely in the winter. In the next couple weeks I'll be examining some winter cuisines and finding out what makes them HOT!