this is all straight out of lidia bastianich’s book, ‘lidia’s italy’. it has begun to irk me that for all the wonderful cookbooks that i have lining my shelves, i find myself rarely cracking the covers. i need to do better in that regard as i am well aware that nearly every book i own contains a mini university. and especially in […]
Entries from August 2008
grilled tuna with oregano and panelle
August 27th, 2008 · 33 Comments
avec (!), blackbird and charlie trotter’s
August 25th, 2008 · 25 Comments
to begin, let’s jump right in with the above photo: chorizo stuffed medjool dates with smoked bacon and piquillo pepper-tomato sauce. now, for the record let me just say that these were awesome. but totally freakin’ awesome. and by the way, these awesome stuffed dates? they are absolutely nothing like those bacon wrapped almond stuffed date things you once made […]
Tags: restaurants · travel
toasted farro, fennel and orange salad
August 21st, 2008 · 26 Comments
the vegetarian was coming by, which is always nice because well, i get to catch up with lesley and i get to ponder what mindful, masterful and meatless dinner i can come up with. it’s funny because i eat quite a lot of vegetarian dinners but never with any great thought to the matter. like it just might be […]
clafouti and an open apology to eric ripert
August 20th, 2008 · 960 Comments
a clafouti as deflated as my ego… dear mr. ripert, i am a long time fan of le bernardin and an avid reader of your new blog, avec eric. i eagerly await the new book being released this autumn and may i also take this opportunity to tell you that i absolutely adore ‘a return […]
chitarra con bottarga
August 16th, 2008 · 37 Comments
exhibit A 10 months ago i was introduced to bottarga and initially it didn’t go well. but really what i had gotten my hands on was bottarga’s ugly step cousin – some dried powdered tuna roe. it was, in my opinion – overpriced and somewhat pointless. wanting to understand the hype, from there the bottarga experience went from here (bad) to […]
not just your average lima bean salad
August 10th, 2008 · 130 Comments
because that would be so very boring. so very uninteresting. even downright plebeian. but if i were to tell you that this was one of the very best things that i have made in as long as i can remember, well – you would just have to take my word. because this bean dish was […]
the remarkable bundt pan
August 7th, 2008 · 874 Comments
it had been my birthday, and i have this friend phil who is a wonderful and thoughtful gift giver. phil had seen a newfangled silicone bundt pan in the ‘ny times style magazine’ a few months back, and lucky for me, he ripped out the page – which he then thoughtfully tucked into the box. the concept is […]
Tags: baking
