February 12, 2006

risotto ai finocchi con ricotta e peperoncino

I have resolved to cook my way through Jamie's Italy. I think there are about 120 recipes in the book so it will be quite a challenge but a good diversion. This book has captured Italian cooking in a way...
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November 13, 2005

pasta w/broccoli rabe and spiced pork

This is going down as my second favorite pasta, next to the Pasta Bolognese. I was really pleased with how delicious this turned out - I've made pasta with broccoli rabe before but this was phenomenal. Broccoli rabe, also...
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July 4, 2005

Roasted Garlic Pasta

This post covers two recent discoveries. One of the most beautiful things to happen to the vegetable world: Chinese Garlic or "single-clove" garlic. What appears to be a small, tight head of garlic, is peeled to reveal one, glorious...
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May 7, 2005

Best Bolognese

There are enough bastardizations of Bolognese -- with cream and god knows what else -- out there to scare people away from what is a very simple sauce. True, this sauce requires a lot of love for its short...
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April 20, 2005

Grilled Onion, Potato, and Raclette Pizza

I usually make my own pizza dough but when I came across this very good looking prebaked pizza crust at the store, I jumped at the chance to spend the time creating a topping instead. The crusts were prebaked...
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November 18, 2004

Cooking in Munich

I haven't been posting due to Internet issues ... but that doesn't mean I haven't been cooking! You'd be surprised at what I've made in this unbearably small hallway of a kitchen. [Work-related issues bring us to Munich for three...
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September 26, 2004

Two pizzas are better than one

If you're making one pizza from scratch, you may as well make two, right? You can use your favorite pizza crust recipe - I use a thin-crust recipe from Biba Caggiano. A pizza stone is essential for a crispy, professional-looking...
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