Posted in cheap meal, chile, easy, Fino, fried, Garlic, healthy, Olive Oil, quick meal, Recipe, seafood, shrimp, Spain, spicy, tapas on Sep 10th, 2008
Perhaps the most common, and implicitly, therefore the most popular, tapa in Spain and in Spanish restaurants world-wide, gambas al ajillo, or fried garlic shrimp, is rightfully so admired. The hot tang of garlic and red pepper flake-infused extra virgin olive oil, perfectly coating tender pink shrimp (king prawns for our UK readers), makes for [...]
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Posted in butter, cheese, cream, crispy, egg, gnocchi, history, Italian, Italy, parmigiano reggiano, polenta, Recipe, Roman, Rome, semolina, vegetarian on Sep 4th, 2008
As I wrote in the title of this post, the Romans do it again… and again… and again. Roman cuisine is one of our favorites and Rome is one of our favorite cities to visit and eat in. This dish, gnocchi alla romana, is a dish that reminds me how versatile, creative and (I’ve said [...]
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Posted in basil, breadcrumbs, cheap meal, cheese, crispy, easy, Garlic, herbs, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, 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. But we have [...]
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As we mentioned in an earlier post, it’s still fig season for another few weeks. This is a delicious way to eat up those unused figs or to try making this with some dried ones if you have had [...]
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Posted in butter, easy, fennel, fish, healthy, lower fat, Olive Oil, quick meal, Recipe, shark, skate, superman, sustainable, tomato, vegetables, vinaigrette, white fish, whole fish on Aug 8th, 2008
Please forgive the headline — I couldn’t resist, but in all honesty, there are some similarities between the subject of this post and Clark Kent’s alter-ego. You see, the skate is to the world of fish what the nerdy-looking Kent is to the Daily Planet –a journeyman, overlooked and underrated by those who should know [...]
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“If I should wish a fruit brought to Paradise it would certainly be the fig.” – Prophet Mohammed We don’t really “do” dessert. We really don’t. If we did we’d probably get a lot more hits from Tastespotting and Foodgawker, since they only seem to post chocolate flavored desserts topped liberally with powdered sugar and [...]
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Posted in appetizer, batter, broiled, chick peas, chickpeas, Europe, flour, Genoa, Genovese, Italian, Italy, lower fat, pine nuts, Recipe, Recipes, rosemary, sage, salad, salt, savory, street food, travel, vegetables, vegetarian, vinaigrette on Jul 30th, 2008
The Italian region of Liguria is famous for its dramatic landscape of mountains plunging into crystal clear waters, and narrow terraced fields leading down to tiny, colorful villages precipitously perched on the edges of cliffs of which the Cinque Terre (five lands) of Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore in La Spezia province [...]
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Posted in asparagus, cheap meal, chops, grilled, grilling, healthy, lamb, lemon, Moroccan, olives, onions, paprika, pine nuts, pistachios, Recipe, Recipes, spices on Jul 26th, 2008
Although we were the lucky recipients of a gorgeous red tagine as an engagement pressie from my parents friends a few years ago, we decided to forgo using it in the 95 degree heat New Yorkers were forced to endure last week. For those who may not know, a tagine (or tajine) is a clay [...]
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Posted in barbecue, culture, delicacy, Europe, festival, festivals, fish, Food Commentary, Garlic, grilled, Olive Oil, paprika, peppers, Recipe, Recipes, sauce, Spain, tradition, white bread, whole fish on Jul 22nd, 2008
As you know, we received a beautiful package from a fellow blogger in Spain and we have been slowly using all the contents in various meals. Another element of this package was a jar of Spanish Marcona almonds. These almonds are amazing on their own and taste incredibly different (sweeter and meatier) than the almonds [...]
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Posted in acorns, anchovies, appetizer, bread, culture, delicacy, easy, Europe, Garlic, grilled, grilling, ham, holiday, iberico, jamon, Madrid, pigs, pinchos, piquillo peppers, racione, Recipe, Recipes, Spain, tapas, tomato, tourism, tradition, travel on Jul 18th, 2008
Not long ago our good friend Nuria at Recipes Pic by Pic offered to do a food exchange with us, knowing both how obsessed we are with Spanish food and their comparative scarcity over here in the States. In return she asked that we send her some typical American products of our choice as well [...]
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Posted in culture, dessert, easy, lemon, Philadelphia, Recipe, Recipes, tradition, vegetarian, water on Jul 12th, 2008
Another post that brings me back to my childhood while growing up in the outskirts of Philadelphia and its plethora of suburbs. One of my favorite summertime treats (I was too young to know the beauty that is a soft-shell crab, mind you) was a local treat called Water Ice (pronounced “wooder ice” when speaking [...]
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Posted in bunny, culture, dining, Europe, game, hearty, Italian, Italy, Pasta, rabbit, Recipe, Recipes, restaurant, slow cooking, spices, stew, tourism, travel, Tuscan, tuscany, wine on Jul 8th, 2008
Remember way back yonder, when the weather was still cool, we were on the search for some rabbit to make? We ended up calling around to butchers around Brooklyn and found a place that had them and asked them to save two for us. When we arrived, the butcher handed us our babies and, with [...]
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