ok – it wasn’t a panini. nor was it teeny weeny. but it should’ve been all of that. and next time it will be. with zucchini. made while wearing a bikini. yeah, like THAT would ever happen.
Entries from November 2007
the teeny weeny porcini cipollini panini
November 19th, 2007 · 9 Comments
Tags: mushrooms
domestic smoked mullet roe – the master bottarga class
November 18th, 2007 · 15 Comments
so you have a blog. and some people read it. and you get email. which is nice. and every so often you get a big surprise like this and then other times you might just get a message from some guy in florida who participates in smoked mullet competitions and is himself an aficionado of the ‘roe [...]
Tags: fish
cheese cavatelli with vodka sauce and pesto
November 17th, 2007 · 4 Comments
yesterday was busy. and i’m used to things being pretty cruisy. cruisy means you do what you want, when you want and just about anything can get put off for another day. all plans stay flexible and i never ever leave the house before 11 am. please don’t hate me cause i’m cruisy… but yesterday was [...]
michael ruhlman
November 15th, 2007 · 12 Comments
so at about 4 am one day last week i get up from bed to get a glass of water and decide to check my email. i see the name ‘michael ruhlman‘ in my inbox and just assume it’s an automated message from some foodie type list i’ve managed to get myself on. but when i open it, [...]
Tags: random
why i cohabitate
November 14th, 2007 · 6 Comments
sometimes on the weekend cary and i might hit the grocery store and he’ll faithfully stand by while i agonize over package labels and ingredients. one particular saturday we were at our neighborhood supermarket and as i was pouting in the pasta aisle, lamenting the very sad fact that there was no orecchiette to be had, he reached for the ‘alphabets’ and said ”hey, i [...]
farro with roasted butternut squash and toasted walnuts
November 13th, 2007 · 10 Comments
a friend dropped in tonight, detouring just slightly off the path of an israeli couscous buying excursion. i had offered to cook for her and i was fortunate that she was agreeable because these days i seem to feel an undefined obligation to ‘nablopomo‘ my life away, relentlessly chained to both the kitchen and the computer simultaneously (a.k.a. [...]
Tags: farro · vegetables
a very spiced pumpkin cake with a ginger glaze
November 12th, 2007 · 19 Comments
tis the season to cook and bake with pumpkin. yes, the recipes for all things orange have taken over the foodie blogosphere. it’s literally pumpkin, squash and sweet potato mania. so after just recently seeing someone do a lovely version of a pumpkin bundt cake that i later spotted on ‘epicurious‘, i knew i wanted to do something a bit [...]
Tags: baking
