Playing with Recipes: Pasta, Risotto-Style
Emma’s popular post on the best way to cook pasta triggered a vague memory of a no-boil method I had read about years ago. A few minutes of internet sleuthing and there it was: Alain Ducasse’s r...
Emma’s popular post on the best way to cook pasta triggered a vague memory of a no-boil method I had read about years ago. A few minutes of internet sleuthing and there it was: Alain Ducasse’s r...
Goats and New England barns are well and good, but let's get to the good stuff: cheese! Click through to see how Valley View Farm turns their goats' milk into delicious farmstead cheese......
A few weeks ago, a friend invited us on a farm tour being sponsored by Slow Food Boston. The destination was Valley View Farm, a goat farm and producer of farmstead cheese in Topsfield, Massachusetts....
Figs, lavender, goat cheese, almonds, honey. Baked into a galette, these exquisitely complementary flavors whisk us away to the Mediterranean. This is a rustic tart that honors the sweetness of ripe f...
Our favorite meal of the week is also the simplest one. Every Sunday, we make post-farmers' market sandwiches using ingredients from our trip to the Hollywood Farmers' Market. The components change fr...
We showed up at the tail end of our CSA distribution this week and got a little more than we bargained for: Namely, a generous, extra helping (or four) of some vegetables. In trying to use a lot of th...
Top Chef Chicago was our favorite season yet (OK, we're a little biased here in the Windy City). In fact, even one of the losing dishes inspired us. Remember episode 7, the Second City improv challe...
Peppadew peppers have become one of our go-to appetizer components. Honestly, our relationship with these sweet, tangy and slightly spicy peppers borders on addiction, and they're pretty much guarante...
This recipe is a classic example of us cooking by feel. We had some goat cheese leftover from an appetizer (which we wrote about last week) and found fresh, green garlic at the farmer's market. So we ...
Since Nora has let us all know that spring is high time for goat cheese, we thought we'd share a quick appetizer that frequently shows up at our dinner parties... ...
Spring is the best time to make goat cheese, which means that we're at the height of the season to eat it. Now, more than ever, you can taste a bright, piquant freshness in some of the younger, smalle...
Here in Brooklyn, the weather is still chilly and damp, and hardly the epitome of spring. This weekend might be just warm enough for a stoop picnic, visiting with neighbors and the Sunday paper, while...