dear mark, the tomato paella was friggin genius p.s. i love you bittman is my kind of cook. he’s the minimalist. he’s the anti-keller… i saw this in the wednesday dining section of the ny times, 5 weeks ago. then it started making the blog rounds but luisa’s version looked so alluring that i knew [...]
Entries Tagged as 'tomatoes'
bittman’s tomato paella – getting in under the wire…
October 9th, 2007 · 9 Comments
grilled skirt steak with a smoked and spiced tomato sauce
September 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments
after the 6 day ny fling followed by no less than 5 bowls of oatmeal in 3 days, it was time to cook something. honestly, i could have gone longer but it’s this csa issue that i deal with. i am beyond covered up with the last of the summer tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers, zucchini’s and now winter squash [...]
off the air
September 11th, 2007 · 5 Comments
it happened to me. and now i have lived to tell the tale of my web hosting server going farther south than i already logistically am – and pretty much shutting my blog down for awhile. somehow the experience was strangely interesting. when the mystery of this sudden quasi crash was in full swing, i found myself wondering if something fatal [...]
Tags: pasta · tomatoes · vegetables
the metamorphosis of the eggplant tapas
August 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments
people of the foodie blogosphere, i present to you – a mediocre photo of the perfect round festive finger food – and hey – get this… it was not ever really meant to exist. you know, like some good version of the perfect storm. due to what was circulating out there in kitchen land, it just happened to come together – [...]
Tags: pesto · tomatoes · vegetables
oh boy!
August 29th, 2007 · 7 Comments
hellooooo lovahhh… not much to say here except that this unique specimen was just recently harvested by my dear friend and brilliant songwriter richard leigh - direct from his garden about an hour south of town. i live in nashville, tn. and i’m here to tell ya, it’s a long damn way from nyc. what brought me here was [...]
orecchiette with tomatoes and arugula
August 12th, 2007 · 8 Comments
there are so many great blogs around - no doubt. and we all have our favorites, our top few that we peruse on a regular basis. i’m still new to this world and it amazes me on a regular basis just who’s out there. it’s kind of like finding your tribe… one of my current cooking guru’s is [...]
Tags: greens · pasta · tomatoes
a dinner in three salts
July 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments
here was sunday night’s dinner which was actually quite wonderful despite the photo. the potatoes were csa yukons – small one’s – boiled and then flattened and then put in a hot pan with some olive oil for about 3 minutes a side as recently seen in the ny times mag ‘potato tostones’ recipe. i [...]
