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 Castillano, Chorizo, Easter, Europe, Food Commentary, Italian, Italian-American, Italy, Lent, Recipe, Recipes, Saveur, Spain, bacon, baking, bread, cheap meal, cornmeal, culture, easy, egg, flour, food, holiday, indulgent meal, morcilla, tradition, unhealthy on Mar 21st, 2008
It was as if it was divine intervention. We finally found morcilla (see picture of sausages below - it’s the black one) in a specialty store up the block but we weren’t prepared to make a fabada or cocido - two other Spanish dishes which call for morcilla. I picked up one of my […]
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Posted in Arezzo, Blogroll, Europe, Florence, Italian, Italy, photographs, photography, tourism, tradition, travel, tuscany on Mar 5th, 2008
I’m in need of a pick-me-up. Maybe it’s the winter blues? Maybe it’s because I’ve been packing on more than my normal winter-weather pounds and I’m feeling like a cow? I could possibly need a pick-me-up because my skin hasn’t seen sun in so long it’s beginning to turn blue. I NEED […]
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Posted in California, Italian, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, breadcrumbs, butter, cheap meal, cheese, drink, easy, egg, flour, food, gnocchi, holiday, indulgent meal, quick meal, sage, sauce, travel, vegetarian, wine on Mar 1st, 2008
Last year, Amy and I spent a very enjoyable long weekend with her cousin and cousin’s husband visiting the Napa and Russian River Valley winelands. Throughout the course of the weekend we must have tasted fifty different wines at twelve or so different wineries, and I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I did not […]
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Posted in Chorizo, Food Commentary, Madrid, Rachel Ray, Spain, chickpeas, food, pork, rant, stew, travel on Feb 19th, 2008
I know, guys… yet again, another Ray-Ray complaint. I just can NOT stop. I try, kids… I REALLY freaking try. I put her show on and within 30 seconds, I put her on mute. Within a minute, the channel is changed. I can’t do it. I try over and over again, […]
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I usually wouldn’t bore readers with non-food-related things on our blog, but I figured some of you may be stopping by looking for some travel-related items. So, here are some pictures we took in Madrid. You can click on each to get a bigger view. I hope you will consider a vacation to Spain soon […]
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Posted in Europe, Food Commentary, Madrid, Spain, food, grilled, indulgent meal, offal, pigs, pinchos, pintxos, pork, spicy, tapas, tourism, tradition, travel, tripe, unhealthy on Jan 26th, 2008
As my wife accurately put it in her post of the other day, we ate a lot of interesting tapas during our time in Madrid. Several of these are specialities of the city and cannot be found elsewhere. We felt it our duty then, to give at least some of them a try. Long-term readers […]
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Posted in Chorizo, Europe, Food Commentary, Madrid, Olive Oil, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, Spain, Squid, cheap meal, culture, egg, food, fried, grilled, history, leek, meatballs, paprika, sauce, sausage, seafood, tapas, tourism, tradition, travel, vegetarian, wine on Jan 24th, 2008
In a later post, the husband will write about all the, shall we say, interesting tapas we ate while in Madrid. When I use the word interesting, I mean that many may find some of these tapas to be gross and/or bizarre. Personally, I am always willing to try something new. Only then can I […]
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Posted in England, Europe, Food Commentary, Manchester, Pub, Restaurant Review, food, indulgent meal, restaurant, tourism, tradition, travel, unhealthy on Nov 27th, 2007
We’re back from our quick, 5-day trip to Northern England to visit Jonny’s family and I may just go to bed at 9PM like I did last night! The problem with these quick trips home (I feel like it’s kind of my home these days) is that by the time you’re over the jet lag, […]
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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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