Food, Travel, and Cooking!
Eggplant was something new to us until a few years ago. Sad to say we’ve missed out on a number of years of deliciousness! I love the ways countries around the Mediterranean cook them. I’m been bent on getting to learn more about different preparations. While staying in Greve in Chianti a few years ago, […]
When we were in Rome a couple of years ago, we noticed Romans ordering paccherei pasta, a 2” long, hollow pasta, larger than rigatoni. Recently it’s shown up at our favourite Italian grocery store. I wanted to came up with a pasta sauce to serve with the paccheri and based this on a Roman recipe […]
My go to marinade for lamb chops, racks and butterflied leg of lamb. Recipe can be doubled or tripled, depending on the amount of lamb you have. The lamb is delicious cooked on the barbecue or you can use the oven broiler. Makes Enough Marinade For 6 – 8 Double Loin Lamb Chops 2 cloves garlic […]
You have to love it when you can pretty much cook your entire dinner outside on the barbecue. I think these “packets” go really well with grilled beef steaks, or for that matter, pork chops, chicken or fish! Makes 6 Servings 2/3 cup EVO 1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh thyme, or 1 […]
This is one of the most popular pasta dishes with Romans…the Romans and me! I had it for lunch one day at Ristorante Maccheroni in Rome where they used rigatoni but my preference is spaghetti. Romans use bucatini for their La Matriciana. You decide! The crucial element is the guanciale (cured pork jowl). You can […]
More Burgers, Burgers, Burgers I have made these burgers with beef, buffalo and turkey and they were all excellent! Makes 4 Servings For Salsa 1 small tomato ¼ cup + 1/8 cup onion, diced 2 garlic cloves 2 chipotle chilies in adobo (use less if you don’t like it too hot) 2 pasilla or other […]
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 […]
The barbecue is our favourite way to cook corn on the cob! There are a couple of ways to do corn on the barbecue. One is to peel back husks from corn cobs without detaching from cobs; remove silks. Rewrap cobs with husks; soak in water for at least 20 minutes or for up to […]
These corn cakes are a delicious accompaniment to barbecued turkey, chicken, pork or even lamb. Corn just screams summer doesn’t it! Makes 4 Servings ¼ cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil) ½ cup fresh, blanched corn kernels (see below) cut from the cob, or frozen corn, thawed & drained 3 Tbsp. unbleached flour […]
In my opinion, one of the best rice salads! Excellent served with my “Tandoori” chicken, (see below). It would be great to take along on a picnic! Makes 8 Side Dish Servings 4 cups water 2 cups brown basmati rice 1 1/3 cups thinly sliced green onions 1 ½ cups thinly sliced celery ¾ cup […]