Entries from February 2010

lamb stew with pol… i mean, grits

February 13th, 2010 · 677 Comments

a few months ago i bought some locally produced lamb shanks at the nashville farmers market and then tucked them away in my freezer for just the right day. and then yesterday, on a whim i sat them out to defrost and began snooping around the interwebs for some inspiration. i wound up on food52’s […]

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Tags: lamb · polenta

marinated sea bass with olive oil poached lobster tail and bottarga

February 9th, 2010 · 3,240 Comments

i know… more seafood. but really, there’s just never too much seafood – at least not in my life. especially when it’s supremely fresh. you know what i mean, the good stuff… the kind of fish that gets sent to the best restaurants. because this product isn’t coming to me from a middle man via […]

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Tags: seafood

pan seared scallops with saffroned fregola and roasted vegetables

February 5th, 2010 · 4,959 Comments

the scallops arrived at my door on a dreary winter’s morning, overnighted from catalina seafood in san diego. they were the huge dry diver scallops – 6 to a lb. and just as beautiful as i’d ever seen. i had decided upon another sardinian recipe by my new bff chef efisio farris (i’m currently on […]

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Tags: pasta · seafood