Just unreal... I am on a plane again...
After an all-too-brief sojourn at home, I'm heading to Cleveland again. I'm very excited to see the group again... and to see what our esteemed director thinks of the show he staged…
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My Heart, My Heart...
My heart... My heart...
I returned to Arthur Avenue today. Teitel Brothers.
I bought EVOO... Parmigiano Reggiano... A tiny bit of prosciutto di Parma... Fresh mozzarella for the end-of-my-vacation Caprese... Some of the City's best hot Italian sausage...
....And the…
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The BBLT (Baguette, Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich)
My favorite sandwich... My parents' favorite meal... One of America's great contributions to world cuisine...
The BLT. Or on this occasion, the BBLT: Baguette, Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato!
I have had a tomato-deprived summer... So while I'm back in Yonkers…
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Salute to Boise!
It's hard to believe that the summer in Boise has come to an end... Hard work, wonderful audiences, a great cohort...
And there are many things that I won't soon forget....
WinCo... A truly great, employee-run, inexpensive grocery store
with…
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Schie con Polenta Redux
I know, I know...
You're thinking, "Boy, This Old Chef is REALLY getting old... Doesn't he know he's already posted that dish?"
Ah yes, Dear Reader, I do know that this post has happened. But...
I made it again, and…
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Bitter Pasta (No... That's A Good Thing!)
I wanted something very strongly flavored. And spicy. And, surprisingly, I wanted a garlic OD...
Earlier this summer, we were coming to the end of a very long string of days in the upper upper 90s to the mid-100s... with…
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Tuna Lentil Salad
This may strike some of you as a little strange but, trust me, it's really good...
I had made a batch of my typical tuna salad... tuna, celery, scallions and a bit of mayo... When I decided I wasn't quite…
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Thai Green Curry Chicken (with Totally Different Proportions!)
One of things I love most about how my cooking and eating habits have changed over the years is perfectly exemplified by this meal...
I wanted Thai green curry chicken... but I had only a little chicken, and no fresh…
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Broccoli Stir-Fry with Forbidden Rice
I'm going a little overboard these days on Forbidden Rice... also called Chinese Black Rice.
It's one of those things, of course, that at one time was forbidden to all but the Chinese royal family. Now, however, even commoners like…
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Pasta with Cauliflower and Toasted Breadcrumbs
Sometimes I want a beige meal.
No... this is not some psychological Return to the Nursery thing. For example... tonight I wanted pasta. And I had a head of cauliflower. And some toasted breadcrumbs. And a bit of chicken stock…
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Hmmmm... What's in the Fridge? (Spicy Lentils and Brown Rice with Chorizo)
So here's an experiment that worked... though you would, of course, have to have everything on hand...
I took cooked lentils, cooked brown rice, the remaining cooked onions, potatoes, and chorizo that I didn't use for the Potluck Tortillas...
Combined…
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An Encore with A Totally New Taste (Lentils & Sausage with Smoked Paprika)
I had cooked some lentils very simply a few days ago and, another night, I'd cooked too much hot Italian sausage... So there was about a cup of sausage in the fridge calling my name. But I didn't want just…
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Too Hot... Need Salad... (Bulgur Salad with Broccoli & Peas)
Earlier this summer, we were in the middle of a ridiculous heat wave out here in the West... Six or seven days with temperatures well over 100 degrees... So I needed something substantial but cooling for dinner.
I had some…
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(Faux) Broccoli Rabe Pasta with Italian Sausage
I am, again, a very bad boy.
One of my favorite foods is pasta with sausage and broccoli rabe. But the rabe at the store was crappy. However... the broccoli was not. So I employed one of my favorite bait-and-switches…
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