Food, Travel, and Cooking!
An annual ritual in my kitchen is to make this lovely, light, late summer sauce with my own sage and plum tomatoes purchased from the “Tomato Whisperer” at our farmer’s market. The sage works so well with the sweetness of the tomatoes. I prefer to make homemade spaghetti or tagliatelle for this yearly treat, but […]
What can I say, this is delizioso! A ragu that can be served with fresh pappardelle or fettucccine. If we feel like having pici (a thick, long Tuscan pasta) and I don’t feel like making it, I substitute a dried pasta called Strangozzi made by De Cecco di Filippo, or good quality Chitarra pasta. Ah…how […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
This pasta is absolutely to die for! We grow extra Sun Gold cherry tomatoes just so we can make it a few times during the summer. Sometimes it only takes a handful of wonderful ingredients to make something so yummy! I am counting the days until our Sun Gold’s are ripe; they are so sweet […]
A terrific summer pasta on a hot day; freshly cooked pasta tossed with a room temperature sauce. So perfect! We grow Sun Gold, Red Cherry Tomatoes and San Marzanos for summer cooking. I love the idea that the sauce sits and marinates on the counter until dinner time! Makes 4 Servings ¼ cup EVO 1 […]
This recipe for pesto uses roasted hazelnuts, a nice change. Local hazelnuts are always available at Farmer’s Markets in the Lower Mainland. But you could use toasted slivered almonds, or Mediterranean pine nuts (they are pricey) or pistachio nuts. I can’t recommend using Asian pine nuts due to their weird, unpleasant aftertaste. The addition of […]
A simple Tomato Sauce that is the perfect thing to dress either potato or ricotta cheese gnocchi. But…don’t hesitate to dress other pasta with it too. I like it on “shapes” (my name for short pasta). 2 cups tinned Italian plum tomatoes, chopped 2-3 Tbsp. each EVO & butter 1 small clove garlic, minced 2-3 […]