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Recipes

Semolina Pasta Dough from Scratch

If you like the idea of making fresh pasta by hand, and you like the idea of fun shaped pasta, then semolina pasta dough is the choice for you. It is time consuming. After all, you have to touch each and every piece of pasta! But it’s not hard. And you have two options with respect to the time. One is to embrace some Zen meditation while forming the pasta yourself. The other is to enlist friends and family for a pasta shaping party. Both options are great for the soul.

March 16, 2022 No Comments

Roasted Carrot Soup with Carrot Top Pesto and Crispy Carrot Coins

Ad-Hoc

Cream of Roasted Carrot Soup

Root to leaf. The soup is all about carrot roots. The pesto is all about carrot greens. Add crispy carrot “coins” and you capture the essence of carrots in a nice little bowl.

March 7, 2022 No Comments

Cream of Butternut Squash Soup with House Croutons, Parmesan and Black Pepper

Recipes

Cream of Winter Squash Soup

Cream of butternut squash soup used to be a favorite appetizer that I’d order when it found its way to seasonal restaurant menus. So delicious! I don’t order it as much now, because I learned how easy it is to make at home.

February 21, 2022 No Comments

The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Micheal Pollan

Thoughts

Book Report: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
“Thoughtful, engrossing… you’re not likely to get a better explanation of exactly where food comes from.” – The New York Times Book Review

February 21, 2022 No Comments

Thoughts

Book Report: The Third Plate

The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food

“Not since Michael Pollan has such a powerful storyteller emerged to reform American Food.” – The Washington Post

February 21, 2022 No Comments

Kitchen IQ

In Recipes, Measurements Are Guesstimates

Bill Buford’s book Heat is subtitled “An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany.” He learned a little bit about recipe measurements along the way.

February 21, 2022 No Comments

Recipes

Egg-Based Pasta Dough From Scratch

Fresh Pasta from Scratch? Why Bother? Dried pasta is cheap and convenient, and you can certainly whip up really nice pasta dishes using dried pasta. So, why would you bother to make fresh pasta from scratch? For the love!

February 10, 2022 No Comments

Recipes

Split Pea Soup with Ham

Split pea soup is my favorite way to use up a bit of leftover holiday ham. It doesn’t photograph very well, but it sure tastes good. Paired with some crusty bread, split pea soup is an ultra-comforting option for a chilly night.

February 7, 2022 No Comments

Recipes

Tuscan Bean and Greens Soup

While I’m not sure if this is authentically Tuscan, this soup is quick enough for a weekday meal, but tasty enough to be desirable any night of the week. A little bit of cured pork and Parmesan cheese provides a savory backbone to this comforting beans and greens soup.

January 26, 2022 No Comments

Recipes

Cream of Roasted Cauliflower Soup

Do you like roasted cauliflower? If not, have you actually tried roasted cauliflower? If so, transforming it into a creamy soup makes for a bowl of roasted comfort.

January 7, 2022 No Comments

Pasta, cooked in a small amount of sub-boiling water

Kitchen IQ

Kenji’s New Way to Cook Pasta

All credit for this technique goes to my favorite celebrity cooking scientist, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. After giving this technique a try, I’ve never looked back. It’s how I cook short style dry pasta. Give it a try to see if it works for you.

December 21, 2021 No Comments

Recipes

Tomato Sauce From Scratch

I don’t have anything against a decent jarred tomato sauce from the grocery store, but you can make a much more special sauce if you make it from scratch. Especially if you use fresh tomatoes from the garden or farmers’ market. This article contains a few good recipes.

December 20, 2021 No Comments