We Are Never Full

Meat Break: Seared Tuna with Lentils and Basil Oil

Posted in Tuna, basil, fish, lentils on Jun 29th, 2009

The heavens have cleared here in NYC, finally. After over twenty straight days of clouds and/or rain, we celebrated the welcoming warm and sunny weather with something light and bright. Before this week, bathing suit season seemed very, very far away – then the heat and sun came and getting into a bathing suit began [...]

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Black Cod with Morels and Minty Pea Puree

Posted in Potato, Recipe, basil, black cod, fish, mint, morels, mushroom, mushrooms, mushy peas, peas, white fish on Jun 12th, 2009

We’ve had such a cruddy spring here in NYC and it’s hard to believe the summer solstice is just a week and a half away. Luckily, it’s been chilly and wet during the work week and sunny and warm at the weekends. It doesn’t make you feel that much better, though. You can’t fully [...]

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Top Five of the Month Contest – March: Fresh Herbs

Posted in basil, chives, cilantro, herbs, lavender, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, sorrel, tarragon, thyme, watercress on Mar 15th, 2009

The contest has ended for this month. Come on back next month for a new “Top 5″! Check out Top 5 Herbs winner here.
Spring hasn’t exactly sprung yet here in Brooklyn. The trees are still bare and are showing no signs of sprouting anything. Even the crocuses, let alone the daffodils, remain mostly [...]

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Tomato Gratin: Simple Summer Side Dish

Posted in Garlic, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, basil, breadcrumbs, cheap meal, cheese, crispy, easy, herbs, tomato, vegetables, vegetarian on Aug 23rd, 2008

Hey,We Are Never Full readers. We haven’t been posting as frequently or visiting other sites because, well, we’re on vacation. We are in California for the next week but brought our laptop to attempt to blog a bit. As you all know – when you’re on vacation, blogging just isn’t a priority. [...]

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Long Fusilli with Salsa di Noci con Funghi (Walnut Sauce with Mushrooms)

Posted in Genoa, Genovese, Italian, Olive Oil, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, anchovies, basil, cream, eating, herbs, lunch, mushroom, mushrooms, nuts, pine nuts, restaurant, sauce, tourism, travel, walnuts on May 10th, 2008

There are a handful of things that have made Genoa famous, amongst them pesto and Christopher Columbus. Interestingly, in all the many, many stories told by Scheherazade (to persuade the emir not to have her killed) in the Arabian Nights, the only European city to be mentioned is Genoa. And, when you visit the city [...]

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Remembering Italy with Thin Crust Pizza at Home – Why Make Pizza Any Other Way?

Posted in Brooklyn, Europe, Food Commentary, Garlic, Italian, Italy, Olive Oil, Park Slope, Pizza, Recipe, Recipes, Roman, anchovies, basil, capers, cheap meal, cheese, cornmeal, culture, delicacy, easy, important details, mushrooms, onions, pie, rant, restaurant, sauce, technique, tourism, tradition, travel, truffles, vegetarian, vinaigrette on Apr 14th, 2008

We love pizza. We LOVE pizza. If we could eat one thing for the rest of our lives it would be pizza. During our seven weeks spent in Italy over the past two years, we collectively ate over sixty pizzas. This is not a lie, an exaggeration or a pipe dream. We were not force-fed, [...]

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The Remake Was A Success! (And it’s Even Vegetarian)

Posted in Coco Lezzone, Florence, Italian, Italy, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, Tuscan, basil, bread, healthy, hearty, soup, tomato, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian on Oct 3rd, 2007

Last night I posted a story about the Pappa al Pomodoro (Tomato and Bread Soup) I was going to attempt to recreate for dinner. Well, We Are Never Full readers, the recreation was a success! I really hope some of you will try to make this hearty, delicious and simple recipe. It was very easy [...]

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