In my house, everyone has different tastes. I have a daughter who apparently is going through some kind of love affair with broccoli — fine by me! My husband is the carnivore, and I pretty much just want something decently healthy that tastes awesome — meat optional. It gets difficult trying to make something different […]
Pia’s back Guest-clacking for us again, after sharing her recipe for Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce last time…. My comfort food of choice is, without question, pasta. Growing up in a half-Italian household, we ate pasta about three or four times a week. And while my interest in cooking did not bloom until my mid- […]
I’m guessing you’ve never had antipasto sushi before. Well, why not? We already know the combination of sweet roasted peppers, spicy salami, tangy marinated artichoke hearts and other typical antipasto plate ingredients are pleasing, to say the least. And really, couldn’t you roll just about anything in sushi rice and nori and enjoy it? I […]
Sometimes I do some of my most creative cooking during the week, when I don’t know what to cook and have no one to impress. This week I had a night just like that. I knew I wanted to make a pasta dish so that I could have some nice leftovers for lunch, but I […]
There’s something about a slice of gourmet pizza. I’m not talking about the cardboard “beach pizza” that Keith craves on an intermittent basis, but a pizza with a rich, bubbly crust and a delectable combination of toppings that make you feel like you’re eating much more than yummy stuff on dough. We’ve gone through lots […]
There’s almost nothing you can do to make a slice of pizza unappealing for me. Even if it is a wheat crust slathered with cheap mozzarella cheese, it still appeals. I wouldn’t eat it, but boy, I’d smell it and drool. Man, I passed by a Subway today and nearly made a pizza pit stop…. […]
For years, I was convinced that Bolognese just meant throwing some ground beef into a marinara sauce. I blame this on many of the big “family style” Italian restaurants that seem to be spreading this myth. The traditional Bolognese sauce consists of meat braised in wine and tomatoes. It is not a tomato based sauce. […]
