When it's really hot and appetite flags a cooling bowl of yogurt can be all you need. This combination, taken from the Persian kitchen is halfway between Mast-o-Khiar the cucumber-yogurt dip that accompanies many dishes and an Ash-e-Mast or yogurt soup. In my version I use full fat Indian yogurt ...read more
The refrigerator is suffering from in-between celebration emptiness. A lonely cabbage sits there with a nice head of garlic, a elderly chunk of fontina and some grated parm. And yet it’s enough to create a world of comfort because I have a package of Pizzoccheri purchased several weeks ago. Prounounced ...read more
Sometimes you want a gallette instead of a pie. You're shocked hearing that from me? Well, don't be. Apparently I enabled a gallette to be the winning "pie" at the last pie contest. And you know why? Because of the increased caramelization possibilities of more exposed crust and the ability ...read more
The Mom asked for Gazpacho for dinner. Knowing her well I asked if she wanted it the way we made it at Angeli, meaning the traditional Spanish way, a smooth puree of soaked bread, vinegar, copious extra virgin olive oil and tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and onion. No, she said. She ...read more
This quick and easy dinner was inspired by Aida Mollenkamp's Chile Basil Coconut Ceviche. Black Cod arrived from the fish CSA this week, I just bought a can of coconut cream and I was awash in fresh lime juice. It was, as they say, beshert, meant to be. It never occurred ...read more