by Brian | Jul 11, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
Here’s a recipe idea from seven years ago. The perfect recipe for a warm summer day: roasted stawberries. But, you put them in a spinach salad for flavor combination that will have your face is a delighted, if somewhat puzzled, smile. Strawberries and...
by Brian | Jun 10, 2019 | Recipes
The lovely book Mediterranean by Susi Theodorou has this impressive Venetian Spring Risotto. In the book, this is titled Risi Bisi with Farro but this dish is from Venice and is based on spring ingredients, so I’m giving it this title. Shallots, spring onions,...
by Brian | Apr 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
The name here says savory pie but it really is a spring vegetable pie from Northern Italy. And, the crust uses lard. Do not freak, do not substitute. Go in search of lard and discover how different and grand pie dough can be. Yes, people will tell you...
by Brian | Mar 9, 2019 | Recipes
Earlier this week I posted a TBT review of Emilia Romagna, one of the four volumes in the Time Life series Flavors of Italy from 1999. Here spinach, parmesan, chicken livers, sausage, and veal are cooked then combined, and finally rolled up in homemade...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2019 | Recipes
I have just posted a review of Boqueria, a magnificent cookbook from the Boqueria chain of restaurants. Their motto is “From Barcelona to New York.” Tapas in Barcelona is, for us in New York, thousands of miles away. Well, it was. Now we can visit the...
