Writing this weekly column is often like some dishes that require significant preparation, multiple stages and sometimes long periods of cooking. In the case of writing, it is research, reading, testing, experimenting and then thinking, which frankly takes up the most time. But anyone who writes will tell you that most of the time is spent thinking. Like some dishes, there are times when you want a column that is light and quick. This is one such column, well, at least the subject is.
There are two things I cook that I always make more of what I actually need for a couple of meals because they work so well as leftovers and can be converted and transformed into other dishes – plain rice and steamed broccoli. In this case, it was broccoli.