As one of the biggest grilling weekend just passed (Memorial Day in the US), we thought, why not throw up another grillable meal? How about this “deconstructed souvlaki” we threw together recently? Ok, so souvlaki is traditionally made with pork and it’s always skewered, but if you order “ena souvlaki pita” in Greece […]
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Posted in Barolo, Bologna, Garlic, Recipe, batter, breadcrumbs, broccoli raab, chops, crispy, dining, flour, food, fried, herbs, lamb, polenta, rosemary, tourism, travel, vegetables on May 14th, 2008
I feel like we go on and on ad nauseam about our trip to Italy last summer, and I suspect that if it hasn’t happened already, our faithful readers will begin to tire of our constant references to those halcyon days of pastoral bliss, romantic nuptials, and devastatingly good food. So, before your goodwill towards […]
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Posted in Genoa, Genovese, Italian, Olive Oil, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, anchovies, basil, cream, eating, food, 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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Posted in Asturias, Jose Andres, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, Spain, apples, cabrales, cheese, easy, easy meal, eating, food, food TV, hazelnuts, healthy, herbs, nuts, salad, side dish, travel, vinaigrette on Apr 12th, 2008
There are some things that just strike you as being astonishingly simple, yet brilliantly devised. For example, the interface of an iPod- the way you use it - is unbelievably clever in its design. One “wheel” and one button, and that’s it. Everyone - even me - can figure it out in about 8 seconds. […]
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Posted in Garlic, Italian, Olive Oil, Pernil, Recipe, Recipes, anchovies, cheap meal, easy, easy meal, food, herbs, lemon, parsley, pork, skin, slow cooking, thyme on Apr 6th, 2008
One of the tastiest and cheapest things I can buy in my grocery store is a bone-in pork shoulder. When I saw that they were on sale for 79 cents (YES, that’s right) a pound, I figured I’d pick one up. For only two of us, I bought the smallest one I found […]
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