Linguine in a tomato sauce with garlic and basil, topped with golden eggplant slices and grated sheep’s milk cheese. Pasta alla Norma arrives steaming hot, the linguine glistening with tomato sauce, topped with eggplant slices fried until golden in olive oil and a snowy dusting of ricotta salata or pecorino. […]
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Tuna pasta salad with roasted peppers and anchovies
A tuna pasta salad with roasted red peppers, arugula, pecorino, and an anchovy and lemon dressing. A chilled tuna pasta salad with meltingly tender strips of roasted pepper, peppery arugula, salty capers and pecorino, and an anchovy dressing that clings to every piece of penne. One of the three roasted […]
Sautéed kale with chestnuts and sweet potato mash
Kale sautéed with red onion, sage and oregano, golden chestnuts and sweet potato mashed with olive oil. This sautéed kale with chestnuts is served over steaming orange mash : dark green leaves that retain a little crunch, tender chestnuts and a touch of paprika. It’s a plant-based fall dish, served over […]
Halloween food: black bean spaghetti with olive spiders
Black bean spaghetti, a red sauce with meat, roasted bell peppers and tomatoes, and spiders carved from black olives. For a Halloween meal, this black spaghetti makes an impression as soon as it reaches the table : “witch hair” under a thick red sauce, with olive spiders perched on top. Roasted […]
Calves’ liver with red pepper sauce and Brussels sprouts
Calf’s liver pan-fried in butter, topped with a roasted red pepper sauce and served with Brussels sprouts browned with red onion. A slice of calf’s liver seared in butter, still pink inside, served on browned Brussels sprouts and topped with a sweet, slightly smoky roasted red pepper sauce. This is […]
Authentic American Caesar Salad
Whole romaine leaves tossed in an olive oil, lemon and egg dressing, with grated Parmesan and garlic baguette croutons. On a summer evening, you crave something fresh, but the kind of fresh that fills you up. An ice-cold romaine leaf, picked up by the stem, glistening with dressing, with Parmesan […]
Oven Pulled Pork
Spice-rubbed pork shoulder, seared, then oven-braised in a Dutch oven, shredded with a fork and returned to its juices. On a rainy Sunday, the Dutch oven has been in the oven since early afternoon and the whole house smells of brown sugar, paprika and meltingly soft onion. When you finally […]
Butternut Squash Soup
A velvety French-style butternut squash soup, thickened with potato and finished with crème fraîche and nutmeg. The evenings are getting shorter, it’s dark before dinner, and suddenly the craving for a thick soup is back. This one arrives a deep orange, thick and smooth, with the mellow, nutty flavor of […]
Pumpkin Soup
A velvety pumpkin and potato soup simmered in water, blended with crème fraîche and served with toasted pumpkin seeds. It’s been raining since morning, it’s dark before 6 p.m., and you want a bowl you can hold in both hands. This soup arrives bright orange and smooth, with the almost […]
Red Wine Braised Pork Cheeks
Pork cheeks marinated in red wine, browned, dusted with flour, then slowly simmered with lardons and aromatic vegetables. Outside, it’s gray and cold, and a Dutch oven has been simmering since early afternoon. The scent of red wine, thyme and bay leaf fills the whole house. Under the lid, the […]