Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings…
Posted in Fall, Garlic, Olive Oil, Recipe, breadcrumbs, butter, easy, egg, flour, food, herbs, lemon, liver, lunch, mushrooms, thyme, veal, weather on Nov 19th, 2008
A month or so ago we bought a package of veal liver at our local grocery store telling ourselves that we going to cook them, but not really having any idea how. We’ve made veal kidneys before without relying on a recipe so we were convinced we could do the same with the beast’s liver, […]
Posted in Chorizo, Recipe, Recipes, Steak, beans, beef, cabbage, chicharron, cilantro, cornmeal, crispy, diversity, egg, food, fried, grilled, indulgent meal, lunch, masa, morcilla, peppers, pinto beans, pork, red beans, spicy, tourism, tradition, yucca on Oct 1st, 2008
We are fortunate enough to live in a city with a ridiculous amount of diversity when it comes to restaurants, and one place we frequent often is a ‘hip’ Colombian restaurant (what the hell, it is Brooklyn). When we go there it’s because of two things: 1) We’re friggin starving and are ready to eat […]
Posted in Italian, Italy, Tuscan, pork, tourism, travel, tuscany on Aug 31st, 2007
A slightly macabre headline, I know, but the point it attempts to convey is that, instead of being a pig’s idea of paradise (it would be more like a peculiar kind of mortuary, I guess), it is the pork-lover’s paradise. With an entire floor is devoted to fresh meats, charcuterie (norcineria) and cheese (the second […]
Posted in America, England, Europe, Food Commentary, culture, eating, food, lunch on Jul 31st, 2007
Lunch is a tricky time for me and, I’m sure, many Americans, who enjoy good food, in a way that it isn’t for most Europeans, or at least, most southern Europeans. There is no place in American life for the leisurely two-hour, weekday lunch that many French, Italians and Spanish enjoy several times a week. […]
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