Posted in aglio e olio, America, Beach, butter, crab, crispy, culture, delicacy, dining, easy, eating, fish, Garlic, grilling, holiday, Italian-American, New Jersey, Olive Oil, podcast, Recipe, saute, savory, seafood, shore, soft-shell, summer, tourism, tradition, travel on Jun 25th, 2008
Nothing says summer to this Philly girl more than ‘going down the shore’ (translation: heading to southern New Jersey to go to the beach), grilling, horseshoes, and soft shell crabs. The first time I was asked to taste a soft shell crab I had to ask my dad what the f it meant. “You mean [...]
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Posted in British, calamari, chile, chipotle, easy, fish, Garlic, grilled, grilling, Jamie Oliver, lemon, Meat, Mexican, morcilla, Olive Oil, onions, parsley, racione, Recipe, Recipes, sauce, sausage, savory, seafood, Spain, spicy, Squid, tapas, tomato on Jun 4th, 2008
A lot of people love Jamie Oliver for his informal, cheekie-chappie attitude and antics, which they welcome as a nice break from the seemingly unapproachable TV chefs of the past. Personally, I find his mockney styles and instant familiarity grating, and have let this issue influence my opinion of his cooking. However, I’m big enough [...]
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Posted in calamari, Clams, easy, fish, healthy, lemon, Madrid, meal, peppers, Recipe, Recipes, restaurant, rice, soup, Spain, spices, Squid, tomato, vegetarian on May 5th, 2008
On our final day in Madrid, it was pissing down with rain. We spent about 4 hours walking around the Reina Sofia drooling over Picasso’s Guernica (the size of a giant museum wall) and the large amount of Dali and Miro works. We’re not really artsy-fartsy folks, but that museum made me wet myself with [...]
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Posted in Asian, broiled, chili, fish, Garlic, ginger, healthy, Japanese, Korean, mirin, miso, movies, noodles, peppers, quick meal, Recipe, Recipes, salmon, seafood, side dish, skin, udon, vegetables on Apr 26th, 2008
Lately, we’ve been making a lot of southern European dishes and we felt we needed a break, but we were also looking for a dish that wouldn’t take all night to make and require us to buy a load of ingredients we’d use for one dish and then sit and rot in our refrigerator. So, [...]
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Posted in advertising, commercial, dining, eating, Fast Food, filthy chain stores, fish, Food Commentary, fried, important details, news, philosophy, public health, restaurant, safety, sandwiches, television show, unhealthy, Wendy's on Mar 18th, 2008
Ok, this post isn’t as timely as I wanted it to be (I actually wrote it about 4 weeks ago), but it got buried under other things. Basically, in a “new” commercial for Wendy’s (you know Wendy’s, right? It’s a fast food joint) they try to tell us that “it’s waaaaaay better than fast food, [...]
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Posted in Alton Brown, anise, cheap meal, easy, fish, healthy, lemon, onions, quick meal, Recipe, Recipes, salmon, sauce, vegetables on Feb 1st, 2008
As we mentioned in other posts, although our trip to Madrid was fabu and delicious, we definitely needed to abstain from eating any meat and drinking any alcohol the week we returned. It was difficult and I officially think my body went through a strange form of detox – NonCelebrity Vacation Overconsumption Rehab, anyone? Has [...]
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Posted in calamari, chile, chili, chilli, Clams, crab, easy, Feast of 7 Fishes, fish, Garlic, Italian, Olive Oil, parsley, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, sauce, seafood, shrimp, spicy, Squid, tomato on Jan 13th, 2008
Apologies for the break since our last post. The husband’s sister got married last weekend in London and we took a break in Madrid afterwards. The city is beautiful and energetic with an unbelievable food and drink scene. I have some extra padding around the waist to prove it! We are eating salads and meat-free [...]
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Posted in asparagus, calamari, culture, Feast of 7 Fishes, fish, fried, holiday, Italian, Italy, language, lemon, mushrooms, Recipe, Recipes, seafood, shrimp, Squid on Dec 29th, 2007
Like I promised, a new day brings a new recipe from Christmas Eve. To pay homage to my Italian heritage, and also to tip our hat to the country we were married in, we wanted to try our hand at the 7 Fishes tradition. The Feast of the 7 Fishes (called La Vigilia in Italy [...]
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**picture from http://feastofthesevenfishes.com/ So, this Christmas we decided to take the lead and cook for all 11 people at my parent’s house this year. Are we crazy? Making a mistake? Time will tell, folks! We’ll let you know how it went on the 26th! We are even bucking tradition by not cooking my mother’s “famous” [...]
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Posted in bread, calamari, Clams, culture, easy, fish, Garlic, healthy, Italian, Italy, language, parsley, Recipe, Recipes, seafood, shrimp, soup, Squid, stew, tomato, tradition, tuscany, vegetarian, wine on Oct 23rd, 2007
I know, I know, another Tuscan recipe. Well, as I’m sure you know, when you visit a place, you often wish you were back there once you’re home. This feeling can last years. Besides looking through pictures, the way we attempt to return (mentally) to places we vacationed is through food. After receiving a $50-off [...]
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Posted in bread, butter, cheap meal, dining, easy, eating, fish, fried, lemon, lower fat, magazine, Recipe, Recipes, sauce, Saveur, savory, white bread, white fish on Oct 17th, 2007
***No, this is not a grilled-cheese sandwich! I have to give it up to my favorite cooking mag Saveur (and subsequently the chef who created this recipe, Bruce Sherman of North Pond in Chicago) for introducing me to one of the coolest, most creative and tasty ways to cook fish. In the October, 2007 issue [...]
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Posted in America, Atlantic City, Autumn, Beach, bread, calamari, Chorizo, Clams, eating, fish, Food Commentary, Garlic, grilled, healthy, hearty, parsley, pintxos, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, sausage, seafood, side dish, snapper, Spain, spicy, Squid, summer, tapas, tomato, vegetables, weather, whole fish, wine on Sep 27th, 2007
Last week we discovered that the 5-day forecast was calling for a week’s worth of blue skies and summer-like weather. Not bad considering this past Sunday marked the beginning of Fall. Now, don’t get me wrong, I do love fall. But, like many, there’s something about summer that just excites me like no other season. [...]
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