Posted in Bon Appetit, Gourmet, asparagus, cheese, cold cuts, comte, cream, crimini, easy, egg, food, gruyere, healthy, mushroom, mushrooms, petite jurassic, pie crust, puff pastry, ricotta, salami, soppressata, tart, tomato on Sep 29th, 2008
In recent years, I’ve become a food magazine junkie. I’ve pretty much ordered every single one over the past 10 years (no Rachael Ray & Martha Stewart mags don’t count in my world) and found that only a small handful are worth reordering (ahem, Saveur, Gourmet, Cucina Italiana, Food & Wine). One that I keep […]
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Posted in Brooklyn, Italian, Italy, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, beets, butter, cheap meal, healthy, restaurant, vegetarian on Jun 6th, 2008
The first time I ate a version of this very old Venetian meal was at a very popular restaurant in my neighborhood in Brooklyn called Al Di La. The restaurant serves simple Italian food at it’s best and this is precisely why it is so popular. But since that dinner, a few years […]
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Posted in Blogroll, Italian, Italy, Olive Oil, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, butter, culture, egg, embarrassment, food, indulgent meal, other regions, radicchio, sauce, tourism, travel, tuscany, vegetarian, watercress on Mar 15th, 2008
Ever since we bought our Kitchen Aid Mixer (kneel down, bow your head in a moment of silence, please), I have only used it for one thing - making pasta. I am not a baker. I can not even pretend to be one. In fact, the other day, I thought I’d be […]
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