Comments on: heirloom tomato risotto and pizza bianca

By: cook eat FRET - roasted stuffed pumpkin

cook eat FRET - roasted stuffed pumpkin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:17:31 +0000

[...] contents had started off as a vegetable stock and finished as the strainings from my last risotto which had gotten a bit too soupy on me. so this broth/stock had a lot of tomato/parmegiano [...]

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:48:24 +0000

My desire to eat local tends to go out the window at some point in the winter when I really, really, really want something brighter tasting than kale. The risotto looks great – plain pizza bianca is a favorite in my house. My kids like it the next day with fresh ricotta topped with jam.

By: Louis Dunn

Louis Dunn — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:38:52 +0000

wow that looks really good!!!!! i love your cooking claudia….

Love louis

By: cookiecrumb

cookiecrumb — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:00:36 +0000

GROAN!
(Hey, man. You set me up for it. And, Heather? I make my own local salt. I don’t eat it; it scares me. But I could.)

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:53:12 +0000

This looks really delicious, and colorful too!

By: Nik Snacks

Nik Snacks — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:36:44 +0000

I worked at The Fresh Market when I was in high school. The original one. It was the best job I’d ever had (up until that point) even though my customers were mean and I could never tell the difference between cilantro and parsley. But that was THEN…

By: giz

giz — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:29:27 +0000

You’re right – here in the northland we’re still getting tomatoes and this looks simply divine.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:55:27 +0000

You never cease to make me want dinner at 10am!

By: Brittany

Brittany — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:23:36 +0000

Heirlooms ended last week in the Pac northwest, and I have 3 sitting on my counter. Just enough for a half recipe. Husband can fend for himself for dinner tomorrow. I’m eating it all.

By: MangerLaVille

MangerLaVille — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:20:02 +0000

This risotto looks amazing, colorful and creamy, plus that pizza bianco is just the perfect complement. I feel your pain about grocery stores. I wanted to get some of the last days of fig season. But NYC is not the place. I had to fly back to SF.

By: ponyboat

ponyboat — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:30:58 +0000

Tomatoes? Yeah. And I’d wrestle a mongoose for a damn ripe melon right about now. Note to grocery store: just because you slap a “ripe and ready to eat” sticker on it, d0es not make it so.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:01:27 +0000

I had pizza bianca for breakfast every morning when I lived in Rome. Unless I got pizza rossa.

By: lifeinrecipes

lifeinrecipes — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:52:25 +0000

…and both recipes look fantastic – been wanting to try the pizza.

By: lifeinrecipes

lifeinrecipes — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:51:20 +0000

We have a Fresh Market here. It’s kinda weird, like I feel like I’m on a date with the grocery store.

I think I will still be able to squeeze a few tomatoes out of a farmer’s market this weekend and then onto the canned goods for a while.

By: phillygirl64

phillygirl64 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:07:23 +0000

locavory makes me crazy too…just TRY to deprive me of coffee!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:11:10 +0000

I may be smug at times about my vegetarianism (btw, my name is Lesley and I approve this message), but I cannot–CANNOT–go wholly locavore. I love tomatoes too much. I’d have a hothouse if it were feasible so I could have tomatoes and baby lettuce from my yard all year round. But I do not, so I have to buy from California, Canada, and all other sorts of far-reaching locales. And don’t even try to take away my bananas…

By: The Urban Eater

The Urban Eater — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:18:59 +0000

This is the funniest thing I have heard all year:
“on a brighter note, �the fresh market� a national chain of specialized grocery stores, catering to yuppies and the like who can now shop while being soothed to the tunes of bach, mozart and chopin and in flattering light…”

By: chefectomy

chefectomy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:02:46 +0000

Claudia,

A lovely job. I am certainly honored that you would bother to blog about one of my recipes and share with your loyal following. I must say the Pizza Bianca as you have presented it here looks fantastic. I had to laugh a bit at your discussion (and Heather’s salt and pepper comments) regarding the local angle (or lack thereof) as my post spoke to how all encompassing and important that is to folks up here in the Bay Area as I am discovering since moving here.

–Marc

By: peter

peter — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:42:42 +0000

Yep, I saw some heirlooms yesterday at our St. Lawrence market.

The risotto is naturally colourful…reminds of the colour of autumn trees, cool!

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:01:12 +0000

I have about four stupice tomatoes left, and one big fatty pineapple heirloom the size of a fetus. That one should be about ripe today, actually. Then it’s the tragic end!

I appreciate locavory, but unless the die-hards are willing to stop using salt and pepper, they can just stfu. Get on with your bad, tomato-loving self.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:16:24 +0000

So long, farewell heirloom tomatoes. They’re still in the market where I am but I think they’ll be gone in the next two weeks. Tomato risotto is only one of many reasons that makes me sad.

By: noble pig

noble pig — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:12:27 +0000

Can I come over to eat? Please.

By: evil chef mom

evil chef mom — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:45:07 +0000

i saw this recipe too and have debated making it… i guess i should before all of our tomatoes are gone. sigh

By: any little reason

any little reason — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:19:36 +0000

That is the perfect combination of two comfort foods – looks amazing! I could eat risotto every day.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:00:08 +0000

Looks delish.
I have seen heirloom tomatoes…tho’ needless to say I’m oddly intimidated by them (must be bc I’m odd myself!)….And I haven’t made risotto in ages….

Looks like I have another item to cook (within the next few weeks! lol)…