Sometimes, when you’ve been busy shopping for antique silverware on a cool fall day, you just feel like a bowl of home-made beef vegetable soup with some freshly baked focaccia. Just to be clear, I’ve had focaccia in Liguria that blows your mind. Let’s call mine a humble ‘plain focaccia’, simply sporting some kosher salt and olive oil from a … Read More
Buy the wines you love, 3 minute meals, and pizza
I really, sincerely, feel for those who drive in rush hour traffic every day. I work from home, and book my meetings to avoid rush hours, but yesterday I had no choice but to sit, frustrated like everyone else, for the nearly hour drive home that normally takes about 20 minutes. I was starving when I got home, and the … Read More
My fridge
Not my idea, but let’s face it, everyone enjoys a little food voyeurism. That is what this blog is about, no? So here it is. The principal part of my fridge, as at this evening. It unfortunately omits the freezer and door – which includes chicken stock, wild blueberries, local strawberries, garden raspberries, local evans cherries, lemongrass, foie gras, dijon, … Read More
Ultimate Meat Braise
Okay. I’m finally able to get to the ultimate braise meat-fest. Jamie’s Italy started me on the idea of ‘arrosto misto’ – mixed roasted meats – for a party. Cool concept. A variety of meats, a little exciting and posh. This quickly evolved into ‘mixed brasied meats’. Something I could cook forever, forget about, and enjoy with my guests, avoiding … Read More
Really…just my dinner.
On the left: lake Perch ‘Meuniere’ with potatoes, carrots, and herbs from the garden. Simple but good. While cleaning the fish, I was eyeballing the milt [sperm sac] – but decided to only go down that road with extremely fresh fish. Once again, I have my dad to thank for the supply of lake fishes from the clean waters of … Read More
Sheppard Pepper and Tomato Spaghetti
I will forgive you for being shocked that I actually cooked something ‘vegetarian’. Not on purpose, mind you. I had roasted Sheppard peppers in the fridge. Sautéed some local sweet onion, garlic, some garden plum tomatoes, and took my new cheapy emersion blender for a spin. Topped with a little garden basil. It was a hit.
Roasted Corn and Parsnips
This makes a mean movie-snack.Thanks Maryann. My wife thanks you too – she enjoyed it very much.
Antipasti-pasta & Poached Peaches
Some food bloggers have ‘standards’ and only publish wonderful content. Not me. I post everything, whether it’s good or not. Tonight’s dinner was an ‘antipasti-pasta’. See, we stock up at the local Italian market on Friday mornings – immediately following an espresso and fresh pastry [we show up when they open, and the pastries are melty, but that’s another story]. … Read More
Ga Kho Gung
Noodlepie’s blog put me on to Andrea Nguyen’s book ‘Into the Vietnamese Kitchen’. It’s an interesting read – her family fled from Vietnam in the tumultous 70’s, and this book is a collection of recipes her mom took with her. I love this dish. I’m not sure I will be able to adequately express my newfound love for this dish. … Read More