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Tomato Torta with Rosemary and Goat Cheese
Recipe below: Tomato Tora with Rosemary and Goat Cheese It’s getting to be that sad time of year when those smelly pots of ugly rust-colored flowers get trotted out and distributed to stoops and...
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Penne alla Vodka with Late Season Tomatoes
A still life with vodka and Peeps. Recipe below: Penne alla Vodka with Late Season Tomatoes I still don’t understand why pasta alla vodka tastes so special. You would think that adding vodka, pretty...
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Bucatini with Lobster, Late Season Tomatoes, Orange, and Olives
Still Life with Lobster, by Antoine Vollan. Recipe below: Bucatini with Lobster, Late Season Tomatoes, Orange, and Olives We had the heat on last night. Summer is now officially done. But we’ve still...
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Bucatini with Mussels, Yellow Tomatoes, Butter, and Thyme
Recipe below: Bucatini with Mussels, Yellow Tomatoes, Butter, and Thyme As you’ve probably noticed, I’m really dragging out the tomato season this year. I can’t help it. They’re still in the market....
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Rigatoni with Radicchio, Gorgonzola, Rosemary, and Walnuts
Radicchio, by Ana Petrak. Recipe below: Rigatoni with Radicchio di Treviso, Gorgonzola, Rosemary, and Walnuts I have a chest cold at the moment. It makes me feel all different inside, and not entirely...
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Crespelle with Ricotta, Swiss Chard, and Pine Nuts
Les dames font des crêpes, by Philippine Cramer. Recipe below: Crespelle with Ricotta, Swiss Chard, and Pine Nuts Manicotti made out of crespelle was one of the first things I learned to prepare during...
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Pear and Almond Cake with Poire Williams and Fresh Ginger
Still Life with Pears, Vincent Van Gogh, ca. 1888. Recipe below: Pear and Almond Cake with Poire Williams and Fresh Ginger I sort of like baking. I sort of like playing with flour. But I don’t love it....
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Smooth Carrot Soup with Fennel and Pear
Circle of Carrots, by Mimi Roberts. Recipe below: Smooth Carrot Soup with Fennel and Pear I’ve been finding blown-out late-season carrots at the farmer’s market, lumpy and woody but so cheap I can’t...
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Manhattan Clam Chowder, My Way
Recipe below: Manhattan Clam Chowder, My Way As a kid and young adult I spent many odd hours at diners on Long Island and in Manhattan, 3 a.m., 3 p.m., hanging with my sister and my now deceased...
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Thanksgiving Salad with Escarole, Tart Apple, Sweet Almonds, Fennel, and...
Still Life with Apples, by Antoine Berjon, ca. 1810. Recipe below: Thanksgiving Salad with Escarole, Tart Apple, Sweet Almonds, Fennel, and Parmigiano I planned to tell a rather involved Italian...
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Roasted Carrots with Almonds, Basil, and Fig Vinaigrette
Still Life, Carrots, by Plamen Petkov. Recipe below: Roasted Carrots with Almonds, Basil, and Fig Vinaigrette I’ve lived through many vegetable trends, with bean sprouts, micro greens, arugula,...
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Portale’s Roasted Fennel Salad with Blood Orange and Black Rice
Still Life with Fennel, by Gilly Reeves-Hardcastle. Recipe below: Portale’s Roasted Fennel Salad with Blood Orange and Black Rice Flavors from Italian American holiday celebrations past lie embedded in...
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Amaretto Cake for Christmas Morning
Recipe below: Amaretto Cake for Christmas Morning Christmas Eve was always a big deal when I was a kid. Shelling shrimp, steaming clams, looking for Scotch tape, hunting down oversized platters,...
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Baccalà with Potatoes, Black Olives, and Marsala
A salt cod stall you can buy online for your nativity scene. Recipe below: Baccalà with Potatoes, Black Olives, and Marsala I love salt cod. It’s unique—not quite fish as we know it, but not quite not...
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Gemelli with Pork Sausage and Mushroom Ragù
Still Life with Mushrooms, by Nicholas Vasilieff. Recipe below: Gemelli with Pork Sausage and Mushroom Ragù This is about as Southern Italian–tasting as a pasta gets. Yet it’s not a recognizable...
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Braised Calamari with Sweet Spices
Recipe below: Braised Calamari with Sweet Spices I’ve long had a fascination with Moroccan cooking, starting in the late seventies, when I first read Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco, by the...
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Anchovy Butter
Orange Gown, by Anita Volschenk. Recipe below: Anchovy Butter Last week I invited a few friends over to taste test my recipe for a Moroccan-inspired braised squid (which I’ve posted here). I needed an...
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Sautéed Hake with Butter, Ginger, and Pine Nuts
Fish and Tomatoes, by Chaim Soutine, 1924. Recipe below: Sautéed Hake with Butter, Ginger, and Pine Nuts Fish fillets sautéed in lots of butter. I get pleasure just writing that. Fish with butter is...
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