It is a truth universally acknowledged that Manhattan apartment dwellers have to be crazy to make their own mi-cuit foie gras – since we don’t have space to keep geese or ducks, and we do have many places to buy prepared foie gras. I’m afraid Tom and I qualify. As a leap-year promotion at the [...]
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Terrine of Foie Gras
Posted in Hors d'oeuvre, Starters on March 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »
American Dinner for Italian Friends
Posted in Desserts, Hors d'oeuvre, Main dishes, Meat, Seafood, Soup, tagged shad, Florida shrimp, apple pie, beef short ribs, black bean soup, guacamole on February 21, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Some wine-professional friends from Italy were in town this week, so we invited them to dinner at our house. As a break from their usual steady diet here of Italian-style restaurants (with all the good and ill that that implies), they asked for an American meal. I rarely cook American for dinner parties, but the [...]
Baked Stuffed Heirloom Zucchini
Posted in Hors d'oeuvre, Main dishes, Sides, Vegetable, tagged ham, mushrooms, onions, zucchini on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For me, zucchini, corn, and tomatoes are the Holy Trinity of summer vegetables. I never tire of them in season, cooked plain or cooked fancy. This year several stands at my Greenmarket are carrying an heirloom zucchini variety, costata romanesco. Ridged, palely striped, and sometimes unevenly bulbous, it has a tender, nutty sweetness well beyond [...]
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