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 Garlic, Jacques Pepin, Olive Oil, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, asparagus, butter, cheap meal, cheese, easy, egg, food, leek, mushroom, quick meal on Nov 29th, 2007
Wow… that title is a bit long, but it’s the best description I could come up with. This meal is absolutely delicious, quick and cheap. It is adapted from our favorite master chef - Jacques Pepin. On his PBS show Fast Food My Way (WATCH IT!!!), Jacques creates seemingly difficult and creative dishes in no […]
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Posted in Garlic, Jacques Pepin, Meat, Recipe, Recipes, braised, dining, easy, easy meal, eating, food, healthy, lamb, lower fat, mushroom, mushrooms, onions, pressure-cooker, rosemary, safety, savory, shanks, thyme, water, wine, winter on Sep 18th, 2007
So maligned are pressure-cookers that it seems almost sacrilegious of a food blog like this, that likes to extol the virtues of fresh ingredients and traditional cooking methods, to even consider adding a recipe that calls for using one. Undaunted, here we are flaunting convention and defying the culinary thought-police once more with a recipe […]
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Posted in French, Recipe, Recipes, food, kidneys, mushroom, offal, tradition, travel, unhealthy, veal, wine on Aug 27th, 2007
…Don’t be put off by their rather acrid smell and make either of two delicious dishes!
When we first encountered veal kidneys we were enjoying the beginning of what was to be one of the greatest meals either of us had ever eaten. It was a six-course marathon, running the gamut from tiny, delicately-prepared pots of […]
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