I have to admit–ever since the decision came down two weeks ago (as I write this) about Roe v. Wade, my creative output has stalled. I was so thankful that I had already procured all of our groceries the day before for the week because the idea of having to think about what to make…
Tag: prosciutto di parma
Pipérade/piperrada with poached eggs and prosciutto from The Cherry Bombe Cookbook.
I was on such a Basque food tear in the months following our September trip that I basically forced myself to take a break, lest I burn out on making all of that delicious food and neglect my other favorite foods like pasta. Fast-forward to two months ago, when Michael was on a work trip…
World Cup 2014 roundup 1: heartbreak and comfort foods.
Welp, that was quick and embarrassing. Longtime readers will remember me following along with the 2010 World Cup and Spain’s march to victory, and it was a thrilling thing to behold. La Furia Roja has played well since then, taking another Euro title in 2012 and just falling short to Brazil in the Confederations Cup last…
12.31.13: New Year’s Eve dinner (smoked salmon and ricotta wraps, banh mi meatballs and popovers, and an epic cheese board.)
New Year’s Eve is my favorite food holiday, full stop. We don’t have to follow any specific food traditions, and instead we can make a number of small bites that follow whatever whims we may have in mind that particular year. In reality, the only rules that we do have around the holiday are simple:…
06.30.13: Argentinian-inspired dinner, as a consolation following a Confederations Cup loss.
I have all of these posts in mind with all of these wonderful salads and drinks and the like in mind, but all that occupies my mind right now is the savage beating my beloved Spanish national team endured at the hands of the Brazilians. To be frank, the latter deserved the win; I don’t…
10.03.10: anniversary dinner (from Torino to the countryside of Piemonte in one meal, part two).
Oh, Turin. We were intending to take a day trip to Milan, one of the few plans we had in mind for our otherwise lazy honeymoon. Milan fascinated me, but lovely lovely Diana (I dare you not to go to her B&B’s website and not drool and then make travel plans) said that…
10.03.10: anniversary dinner (from Torino to the countryside of Piemonte in one meal, part one).
Today marks our second wedding anniversary, so we spent this past weekend celebrating it in the best way we know how: through food. Saturday’s dinner was a bit of an epic meal (so much that we both feel compelled to write about it), but last night I wanted to give a nod to where we…
Easy dinner solutions: a tale of two pastas.
A few weeks ago Michael Ruhlman made a quasi-offhand remark (quasi only because he loves playing the role of provocateur) that the claim that it takes too long to cook at home is, to not put too fine a point on it, “bullshit.” His real thesis is all about choice: he’s not railing against those…
Shopping in New York: Murray’s Real Salami in the Grand Central Market
On my list of Things In Italy I Really, Really Miss, the salumeria (specifically, the Salumeria Centrale in Acqui Terme) is ranked in the top five, along with access to inexpensive-and-delicious wine, fresh pasta shops, roundabouts, and the kitchen at Baur B&B. It may have taken us all week to get there thanks to the…
02.27.10: dinner (new homemade pizzas to share!)
Reading so many other fellow food bloggers out there I think clouds my perspective when it comes to stand-mixer usage. A casual conversation at work will reveal that while many of my coworkers own a Kitchen Aid (or similar) mixer, it seems that other than holiday baking time, it tends to sit dormant for most…
The Manhattan [food] Project 