3 hours? who the hell has 3 hours to make polenta? ummm, me? you see, i’m reading "heat" by bill buford. he’s the guy who was senior editor at ‘new yorker magazine‘ and left his job to work in batali’s kitchen at ‘babbo‘. there is a chapter in the book about a fund raising dinner […]

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dinner tonight was for my guy and his boy.� i’m backing off food for now so i’m in “cooking/not eating” mode which is always an interesting�reality check that appears more in the form of a personal ultimatum.� but i look at it this way:� it’s my choice and there’s plenty more lamb chops where these […]

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the long title is really more of a substitution for the lack of photograph.� due to a technical glitch which i neither understand nor care to discuss, i am as devastated as a food blogger could be.� the most wonderful dinner – sans picture.� so the following description is the equivalent of me saying, ‘ok, […]

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it was mediterranean night tonight.� the kids love all this kind of food.� and i gotta say, i love kids who love lamb.� i even love kids who’ll just eat lamb.� it makes their stock go up and well, anything helps when it comes to kids in my mostly�non-kid world… as a rule, lamb is […]

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if you’re reading this post then there is a good chance that like me, you probably really look forward to the wednesday edition of the ny times. their dining section is a veriable wealth of information filled with great writing, great sources and inspiring ideas. not to mention the recipes. so on wednesday, june 13 […]

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