polenta is a much loved staple in my home. i see it as a perfect food, versatile beyond measure, lending itself to main courses, side dishes and desserts. plus i’d never get the pizza off of the peel if not for my polenta. awhile back i remember watching a molto mario episode where he […]
Entries from September 2008
polenta taragna with lamb
September 29th, 2008 · 25 Comments
grilled peaches
September 22nd, 2008 · 38 Comments
since i believe in the law of averages, and my last post was a novella (bless those of you that read…), i give to you the grilled peach in 100 words. i sat these georgia beauties cut side down in some olive oil and then sprinkled them with a good flakey salt. after a trip […]
Tags: dessert · fish · fruit · greens
not feeding/feeding
September 19th, 2008 · 781 Comments
my rss feeder broke. and i didn’t realize it for 3 months. mostly because i (still) don’t even understand what exactly an rss feeder is, or what it does – talk about being oh so techno savvy… but my stat’s were dropping off and well, try as i might to just ignore the cold […]
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Tags: bad · baking · beans · bread · cheese · chicken · dessert · fish · fruit · greens · local · mexican · not food · pasta · pizza · polenta · potatoes · tomatoes · travel · vegetables · wine
ceF’s signature caramel cake
September 12th, 2008 · 817 Comments
as you know i have a bit of a baking aversion. but before you remind me of how i tend to go on about this little culinary problem of mine, let me just say that it is really most specifically pastry that i run from – screaming. cakes, loaves, pizza dough – even breads, i […]
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filetto di pomodoro with fresh linguine
September 10th, 2008 · 48 Comments
so… perhaps fresh linguine is ‘wrong’ for this dish, i mean there are so many pastas and so little time to figure out exactly what goes with what or even more importantly – what doesn’t…. and perhaps the italian food gods are looking down on me and wondering what the hell i was thinking because spaghetti would have […]
james beard in nashville
September 7th, 2008 · 28 Comments
catfish coujonettes with tartar sauce (joe shaw from the standard – nashville, tn) i love nashville. i really do. and i live here by choice because, well, i could pretty much live anywhere i wanted. i’m, for the most part – unencumbered. yet i live here, in the buckle of the bible belt – to the […]
Tags: local
foie gras with a miso maple cherry sauce and crispy shallots
September 3rd, 2008 · 887 Comments
i had to give you the entire name of this little dish in the post title. because i wanted to hit you with full impact… because foie gras is a full impact kinda dish and well, god, i love this stuff… so. much. you see i had about 3 tablespoons of leftover miso maple sauce from […]
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