How do you celebrate the peak of succulent, vibrant fruit and vegetable season here in New England or elsewhere? With big salads, ripe fruit straight from the bowl, quick, heat-minimizing simple preparations? How about eating a peach at work, and it’s so juicy, you realize it’s obscene and you may get fired for lewd behavior? [...]
Read more →I know what you’re thinking. Another post about pasta?! This woman must be carb-crazy! Well, you’re right. I am a little carb-crazy but I think it’s more about my love of sauce! A couple of nights ago, my momma made some delicious linguine with clam and shrimp Fra Diavolo. Now, I’d like to say that [...]
Read more →For a few years I had been slaving over a make-shift rolling pin (mason jar full of water) to get my pasta dough thin enough. For anyone without a pasta maker, you know how tedious this can be. Last year though, I was fortunate enough to be gifted a beautiful new pasta maker from fellow [...]
Read more →Here is a quick pasta dish to whip up on a hectic weekday night. The sauce can be prepared in the the time it takes for the pasta to cook, check it out: Penne with Spinach Sauce I’ve had this in my recipe queue for some time now but I was waiting until I had [...]
Read more →Last Thursday I got the most random an amazing holiday present from a woman in my office- Lobster. At first I was excited but almost viewed this gift as a burden- what am I going to do with two lobsters in an office at 7:30 in the morning? Things started looking up when I peered [...]
Read more →I know the title sounds like an oxymoron, but I came across a neat technique to pull off this dish without missing the meat. It requires mushrooms and a food processor…the finely ground mushroom gives the illusion of meat crumble throughout the sauce. I haven’t tested it yet but being a lover of mushrooms, I [...]
Read more →This weekend we had some friends visiting from DC (former Bostonians) and I wanted to conjure up a meal that was tasty and filling, especially since we were celebrating one of their Birthdays! I felt the urge to stray away from my classic entertaining dishes and go for something new that I could add to [...]
Read more →A few weeks back I decided to tackle a product I have never used before: Anchovies. I made a classic Puttanesca, and a less-than-classic (no raw egg)) Caesar Dressing(which I highly recommend making!). For the Puttanesca, I used capers, tomatoes, red pepper, katamala olives, and anchovies. I followed the most “classic recipes” I could find, [...]
Read more →I never complain about having too much cheese in my fridge. Come to think of it cheese may be my favorite food if we’re speaking in general terms. My man crow and I were blessed with a car this past weekend so I got a chance to stock up on all my favorite groceries, which [...]
Read more →Fall is rapidly approaching- although I only know this from the arrival of squash to the dinner table. The weather is hot, the sky is blue, and there are still leaves on the trees. In order to fulfill my New England needs, I bought myself some butternut squash. It all started with an email and [...]
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