i made this a few weeks ago and now the heirloom tomatoes in nashville are all but gone. perhaps some of you way up north are still harvesting the tail end of your crops, but it’s OVA here in the south. and it is indeed sad. but this is how the world works and i have been able […]

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i just read that ‘nothing piques the passion of the seasonally obsessed chef like ramps‘.  they have a short season and a cult following, and rightly so.  these baby wild leeks boast a sweet but complex taste that falls somewhere between onions and garlic only much better.  much much better… and hey, lest i digress…  could someone out there […]

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dear mark, the tomato paella was friggin genius p.s. i love you bittman is my kind of cook. he’s the minimalist. he’s the anti-keller… i saw this in the wednesday dining section of the ny times, 5 weeks ago. then it started making the blog rounds but luisa’s version looked so alluring that i knew […]

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the food photo’s are hurting.� i know i know.� bear with me here folks.� i’m in the midst of a major learning curve as you can surely tell. but if you want to see what this risotto dish should have looked like just go to “last night’s dinner” and�there you’ll find�the�lovliest pic of a wonderful […]

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