I promised I would follow up with a salmon recipe this week. Right on time for the holiday with some what decent grilling weather (work around those rain drops), light fare, and yummy food to crave. And if you want to keep meatless Mondays meatless, then Salmonday is where it’s at! I am right there…
Pasticciotti. A delicate package of warm custard encrusted in sweet dough. A pastry I haven’t devoured since Puglia. Everyone on that trip had sparkles in their eyes at the very sight of them. And for someone like myself who doesn’t choose custard for dessert, this isn’t one to pass up. La Cometa bakery was the…
The unofficial official start to summer! And to me that means peak tomato season is approaching but not fast enough. Tomatoes in their prime are like sweet berries that burst in your mouth with juice running down your chin. Pile them in your shirt-basket and try to get inside before eating them all. A little…
Word on the street is that stovetop mac and cheese is where it’s at. Baked mac and cheese is great, don’t get me wrong, but why all the fuss? I created a version at the PowerHouse test kitchen from a roundup of ingredients. Consider these little vesuvio pasta shapes perfect for mac and cheese. They…
I am here for all of it! The new cascatelli pasta is just what it seems; toothsome (if cooked well, of course), beautiful, sturdy, and a delicious slope for sauces. It’s a wonderful thing! I wanted to create a dynamic recipe featuring this new baby and it took me a couple tries. Over the summer…
Interview with Malai’s Founder Wouldn’t you want to try ice cream & sorbet infused with decadent intense flavors that make you go “woah” and then “mmmm yum.” Flavors like masala chai, jaggery with tamarind caramel, sweet corn saffron, rose with cinnamon roasted almonds, pineapple pink peppercorn, passion fruit cilantro and sooo many more fabulous combinations…
I am always scouting that dream kitchen. When I say scouting, I mean window shopping or, more like, Instagram scrolling. It’s a thing I do on a regular; I see a gorgeous kitchen on my feed, and ‘”click” it goes to my saved section. At the moment, I’m not in a position to build a dream kitchen,…
I love picking from my parents garden. Maybe I should learn to grow my own things. Also, overgrown fennel fronds will always make it into my salads. Salad for lunch? Get me a sandwich please! Anything but salad. So because I dislike them it takes a good one to get me excited. Creamy dressed salads…
I always wondered if I should have gone to culinary school for baking and pastry? In hindsight, I think I’m slightly jealous of those who get to make pretty chocolate bonbons and decorate cakes with pink buttercream flowers. The pastry wing at the CIA is totally separate from the culinary kids and I always felt…
And it’s Autumn! I waited to post this later in the month although I was eager to do it sooner, but I had to wait for fall to show itself even (just a little). According to the calendar it’s fall, but it barely feels like it. There were days during the summer that felt more…
Come indulge at mio piccolo Ciao Caffè Popup
ENJOY: Extruded dried pasta for sale | Italian bakes | espresso drinks
WHEN: Saturday april 11th, from 11 am-4 pm at Anthropologie, Hoboken
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