the bread you see is the olive bread from ‘on the rise artisan breads‘ in cleveland. and let me tell you, if there was bread like this in nashville – or even close, you wouldn’t be hearing me complain about the food here… maybe ever. the salad was compliments of both chris’s handiwork and a [...]

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every now and then a dish comes along that knocks me out. and i don’t even mean anything complicated. just a simple plate of food that satisfies you on some primal level – food that is almost soulful. like this ‘pasta. to. die. for’. it’s barely even cooking, yet it blows my mind every time [...]

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or maybe it’s not a pesto. i’m really not quite sure as there’s no cheese or nuts in this first version although in the second dish, both of those are added in a non-classical way. but regardless, i came home one afternoon last week and once again decided to cook by what needed ‘to go’. [...]

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because that’s what was in my pantry – and fridge – and freezer. friends were coming by on short notice and i needed to shop from my ever abundant kitchen. anything to appease some of the guilt from being perpetually overstocked and avoid a trip to the market. so although this was pretty much a throw together [...]

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buon italia on a late saturday afternoon. a view from their cafe while having a piece of pastiera and a coffee. so i was recently in nyc for a week. and then i came home to my daughter’s college graduation party. at my house. and i’m happy to report that i’m back on the bike, [...]

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