i present to you "the mangosteen". the mango’s jewish half cousin. ok, actually, there’s no relation whatsoever. and if there is, the newly-outed, anti-semitic mango is not owning up. the mangosteen is typically advertised and marketed as part of an emerging category of novel "functional fruits" sometimes called "superfruits" presumed to have a combination of […]
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Tags: fruit
and if i wanted to sleep with you, it’d be ‘torcetti con salsa di noci e funghi’. but being that we’re all platonic here, i thought i’d keep it to the english since i hit you so hard in my last post with my γαλακτομπο?ρεκο. i’m forever browsing blogs, looking for inspiration – and this dish caught my […]
it’s called galaktoboureko, and the moment i laid my eyes on this post from peter at kalofagas, the recipe went directly onto the short list. because this is what i dream of. not fame, nor fortune, but a big, thick wad of not overly rich, smooth and creamy custard. and no one pulls this off like the greeks. and […]
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Tags: dessert
when i first read this recipe in ‘molto italiano’, batali’s introductory words to the dish included the sentence, "as i get older i am liking simpler things – based on the best ingredients", the letters jumped off the page and italian-kissed me firmly on the lips – with feeling. and then i fell in love with mario all […]
Tags: veal
there are times when the mere thought of whipping up a dinner is just more than i can bear. and although you may have guessed this about me, the act of cooking – just being in my kitchen and creating something delicious – is in my world, one of life’s most wondrous pleasures. but still… instead […]
i’m a book buyer. which doesn’t necessarily mean that i’m always a book reader. of course each book is carefully chosen with varying degrees of hope, excitement and promise, and the contents of my cyber cart are always just one quick click away from being all mine… but then the books arrive only to be relegated to any number of stacks […]
here it is…the epitome of springtime… could this not be a more restaurant worthy presentation? i mean, if this was put down in front of you, wouldn’t you have high expectations? a yolky fettuccine dressed with creme fraiche… the waft of truffle hitting your nose… yes, this is going to be just incredibly…. awful dear readers, […]
