Would you like a recipe that lets you play with food during lock-down? (For those in the U.S. I mean shelter-in-place…) This is it – assuming that you can get eggs. Three weeks ago I was limited to a dozen eggs, but this last week quantities were back to normal. I found the idea for this in ‘Tuscany The Beautiful, Cookbook’ a few years ago. I was a little skeptical … Continue reading →
This is a bit of comfort food that may be better with fresh, garden-ripened tomatoes but store-bought tomatoes will do in a pinch. And, as we really can’t be too choosy about our groceries at the moment, it’s best to be flexible. We’re lucky to have fresh chives so there is a hint of spring. It was a strange winter here. We didn’t have a hard frost but we had … Continue reading →
This is not the traditional ‘Hunter’s Style’ which has tomatoes and is often made with chicken. This is my version, in honor of the hunters I see in the fields by our house. They’re hunting boar and mushrooms. Okay, they’re also hunting deer and rabbits and pigeons and doves and pheasant but one must exercise self-control. Instead of chicken we had eggs. We love eggs but can’t be bothered to … Continue reading →
I went to a different market last week, still searching for more green asparagus. It’s complicated and boring, but for a number of reason I had not yet made our favorite asparagus starter…. An oversight that needed correcting. For the curious, Asparagus and Goat Cheese Wrapped in Ham is the starter. I found the asparagus, made the dish, and we were happy, once more. But I had a bit of … Continue reading →
I know the world loves using spaghetti squash in place of pasta to avoid ‘carbs’ but these are quicker and easier: just noodles made from eggs with a bit of flour. We actually like carbs, especially pasta, but, we have this as a first course, and even we don’t do more than one carb for dinner. You could, of course, make more of the noodles and have it for lunch or … Continue reading →
The other day I was doing the shopping list and realized that I had both eggs and tomatoes (among other things) that needed to be used rather quickly. I decided I needed something new and interesting…. so I googled it. I don’t know what subsequent pages had to offer but the entire first page was taken up with ‘Chinese Eggs with Tomato Ginger Sauce’. As luck would have it I … Continue reading →
Mon mari loves sage. I may have mentioned that in the past…. In recent weeks we’ve had Fried Gnocchi with Sage and Pecorino and Pasta with Sage and Parmesan. (The pasta recipe also has a story about the tavern I used to buy popsicles at when I was 5…. small town life and all that.) Those were both side dishes. I decided to do one more as a first course but … Continue reading →
