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A cool wind blows
Summer Lock Down is Over Let the Sun Shine In Finally, mercifully, the long hot summer heat has broken. After two full months of not being able to open the shutters in a vain attempt to keep the house cool, a north wind blew in on Friday, and it’s still blowing. It brought with…
Why? A Tomato Canning Revelation
Once upon a time there was a woman who always cut the ends off the ham before she put it in the roasting pan. Her daughter, having learned the recipe from her mother, cut the ends of the ham before putting it in the roasting pan. When it was the grand daughter’s turn to make…
Where Credit is Due: Name that Dish Contest
There is a legal minded school of thought that believes recipes should be copyrighted. That he who creates a dish can somehow ‘own’ that dish and could possibly even be paid a royalty for it every time another person makes it. I think it is a fool’s goal. Virtually since the moment that a woman…
Bellini Slush
Poor Giovanni Bellini, the Venetian master painter. If he only knew his lasting claim to fame would come when the famous barkeep Harry Cipriani named a peach and Prosecco cocktail after him. Harry liked peaches, and in a moment of inspiration (which probably meant he had a ton of peaches around and he had to…
The Great Tomato Taste-off
Here in the land of the tomato rich, we decided to settle the great debate, which tastes better: a beefsteak or an ox heart tomato. Finally, we had two of the tasty orbs ripe at the same time. The beefsteak tomato is huge, soft ball sized, round and incredibly meat. I guess that’s how…
In the time it takes to boil water: Pasta with Shrimp and Bottarga
It’s summertime and I don’t want to spend any more time in the kitchen than I have to. 400 g shrimp 3 cloves of garlic, minced ½ cup diced fresh tomatoes 1 thinly sliced shallot 2 T finely chopped parsley A bit of finely spiced fresh chili pepper, depends on how hot you like it…
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