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01.22.11: dinner (Roman-style rigatoni with pancetta, pecorino and red onion)

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Rigatoni with Pancetta, Red Onion and Pecorino Rome is on my list of places to visit sooner than later for many reasons (but then again the same could be said for Barcelona, Madrid, and San Juan), in part because I have this recurring wistful[...]

Gazpacho

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Ok, fine.  I'll admit it.  I'll even shout it to the world... I'm having a love affair with heirloom tomatoes!  This gazpacho brings out the best in those beautiful heirloom tomatoes, full of flavor and beautiful to look at.[...]

Bow-tie affair

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Walking through the grocery store the other day I stumbled across boxes of different kinds of pasta.  Call me a pasta obsessed if you will, but I couldn’t help it that this Farfalle was calling my name.  Such cute little[...]

Mmmm, Glaaaaazed.

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I’m forever looking for interesting ways to dress up these sirloin chunks, which although thick and meaty are not the greatest cuts.  But this balsamic glaze was FANTASTIC.  The meat gets coated with sesame seeds and fried a bit, then some[...]

Dad?s Salsa Verde

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My dad is famous among his friends for this salsa verde; you can find him in his tiny kitchen at regulars intervals making large batches of it to fulfill the requests that normally build up around Christmas time, He swears it goes best[...]

The Perfect Pizza Sauce.

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This will only be the first of a couple of posts about pizza related things. I thought the best start would be my favourite pizza sauce recipe. It kind of developed out of trying different recipes, that I found online and in various cookbooks in my[...]

Southwestern Vinaigrette

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Years ago, I had a great salad at a friend’s house. What made the salad great wasn’t the salad ingredients but the unusual dressing. I say unusual not meaning weird but more like unexpected because I’d never tasted a[...]

Salad Days Are Here Again?

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Salad Days Are Here Again? I?ve had a great time these last few months. I mean, I really love the Holidays. So many of my favorite foods ? in such quantities ? with ample time to take it all in. And January, well, it?s heavy football[...]

TomatoMania- A Summer to Relish

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TomatoMania is coming to an end. Sad, but true. Summer is fading; my tomato plants are too. Next week I will cook and present the very last of the winning entries in the[...]

Umm, Steak is Steak is Not Steak

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I over heard some people talking in a restaurant recently about steak. The point one of the diners was trying to make was that in tough economic times people turn from ?better? cuts of[...]