Food, Travel, and Cooking!
When the first, sweet cauliflower of the season appears at our Farmer’s Market, I look forward to making this slightly spicy pasta. I really like whole-wheat pasta with vegetable sauces, especially with the crunchy breadcrumb topping. Very rustic and really yummy! Makes 4 Main Course Servings 1 cup coarse fresh bread crumbs (from 2 slices […]
This was our first course for Thanksgiving dinner, followed by a roast of pork. Sensational. The gnocchi were very light and delicious. The addition of locally sourced hazelnuts found at Riley Park farmer’s market was the perfect finish to the gnocchi! For the Gnocchi: 1 ¼ lbs. russet (baking) potatoes 1 (3/4 lb.) sweet potato, […]
I really like using ground turkey to make a lighter style of ragu. Anyone who loves Italian pasta needs a really good tasting ragu recipe and I think this definitely fits the bill. Buon gusto! I’ll be making it tonight with chitarra pasta (a long, thick square shaped pasta). For the Ragu: 1 medium onion […]
I cobbled this dish together attempting to try and recreate a delicious pasta I enjoyed for lunch at a Vancouver restaurant. We used to make our own duck confit every November from Julia Child’s Mastering The Art cookbook. Absolutely divine! As we don’t make it any longer I find it at Oyama Sausage on Granville […]
Here’s my version of the simple, yet totally delicious spaghetti with tomato sauce we had for lunch one day at Osteria dei’ Pazzi in Florence. If you are going to be in Florence, check this Osteria out, 2 – 3 First Course Servings 6 – 8 oz. dried spaghetti 3 – 4 Tbsp. EVO, a […]
The first time I made gnocchi, I was a little apprehensive but what I found was they were quite simple to make. I love being able to use local squash from the Farmer’s Markets in the fall. Just remember, the trick is not to work the dough too much and use as little flour as […]
When we were in Rome a couple of years ago, we noticed the Romans ordering this pasta shape. It’s a 2” long, hollow pasta, larger than rigatoni. Recently I’ve noticed it here in Vancouver. I created the following pasta based on a Roman recipe but using ground turkey in the sauce. We thought it was […]
This is one of the most popular of the Roman pasta dishes. The Romans and me! I had it for lunch one day at Ristorante Maccheroni in Rome where they used rigatoni. My preference is spaghetti. Romans also like to use bucatini for their La Matriciana. You decide! The crucial element is the guanciale (cured […]
Here’s something to make with all those cherry tomatoes in the garden! This slightly spicy tomato sauce hails from Capri and it’s terrific. I found some fresh artichokesat the Farmer’s Market this week, so I decided to make stuffed artichokes for the first course, followed by the bucatini. Wow! Nice glass of wine too! This […]
Why of how this recipe somehow ended up on the bottom of my pasta file I’ll never know! We made it again last night and remembered how much we like it! Does anyone remember Nigella’s trips, in the middle of the night to her fridge? I know, I know…but I couldn’t help myself. Makes 3 […]