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Archive for June, 2008

Vacationing for Weight Loss

Posted in Skinny Guinea on June 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Looks like fun. I want that hat. Recipe: Spaghetti with Red Mullet and Haricots Verts, Da Fiore Style One thing wrong with this country is our lack of respect for vacation time. Compared with Italy and France, we are pathetic, overworked Puritans. It’s tragic that we feel guilty and broke at the thought of taking [...]

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Red Wine, Good and Good for You

Posted in Skinny Guinea on June 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Dino holding a bottle of his signature vino (has anybody ever tasted it?). Recipe: Cherries in Red Wine Vanilla Syrup So now we all know what my grandmother always knew: Red wine is a medicine, albeit a really delicious, intoxicating one. When my father was a kid, she’d administer it to him by the tablespoon [...]

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Peas, Fennel, and Zucchini with a Light Spring Pesto

Posted in Skinny Guinea on June 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »

You can serve this pretty spring dish either hot or at room temperature. Recipe: Spring Vegetables with Mixed Herb Pesto The more you crowd your plate with beautiful vegetables, the less room you have for bad fats and refined carbs. A little bad fat and carb is desirable, but I’ve found that an excellent way [...]

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Gelato for Breakfast? Try Eggs in Purgatory Instead

Posted in Skinny Guinea on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Gelato in brioche, a bad Sicilian idea of breakfast. Recipe: Uova in Purgatorio (Eggs in Purgatory) Every diet I’ve ever heard of instructs you to eat a good breakfast. It will supposedly set you up for the day. I for one am not hungry in the morning. Am I supposed to eat anyway just to [...]

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Whole Wheat, Spring Peas, and Shrimp—How Perfect!

Posted in Skinny Guinea on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Benito Mussolini stands on a wheat threshing machine in Aprilia, Italy, to inaugurate the harvest of 1938 (I love the no-smoking sign). Recipe: Warm Wheat Berries with Shrimp, Peas, and Spring Onion A culinary trilogy has been running through my head all spring: dishes made from a seafood, a green vegetable, and some form of [...]

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Smoky Little Mussels with Whole Wheat Pasta

Posted in Skinny Guinea on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Ultra-fresh mussels from the Union Square Greenmarket. Recipe: Mussels with Whole Wheat Linguine, Swiss Chard, and Smoked Chili This past weekend I bought the most beautiful mussels from Phil Karlin, the number-one fish man at the New York Greenmarkets. They were tiny, glistening black, all shut tight, and they cooked up amazingly sweet and creamy. [...]

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Try Eating Less and Gathering More Flowers

Posted in Skinny Guinea on June 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Nasturtiums at the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan. And if you’d like to eat flowers, try some of these. They’re gorgeous and delicious. Here’s a recipe: Arugula Salad with Nasturtium Blossoms, Spring Onion, and Black Olives (Serves 2) 1 large bunch arugula, stemmed 1 small spring onion, very thinly sliced, using some of the tender [...]

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