Recipe: Plum Salad with Almonds, Fennel, and Arugula I’ve found that an excellent way to work more fresh fruit into my diet is by including it in a green salad, better even than churning up a batch of glorious cholesterol-elevating peach ice cream and shoving it all down. A salad is never going to be [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Stone Fruit and Bitter Greens: A Marriage Made for Summer
Posted in Skinny Guinea on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Pasta Diet of the Future
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A copy of La Cucina Futurista. In 1932 the always fun-loving Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, leader of the Italian Futurist party, an art, literature, and political movement full of arty Fascists, published The Futurist Cookbook (La Cucina Futurista). Having had enough of the Italian people’s complacent outlook on life and embarrassing military performance, he zeroed right [...]
Fresh Sardines, a Glorious Meal
Posted in Skinny Guinea on July 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sophia with a nice catch. Recipe: Sarde in Saor Venetian Style I love fresh sardines. I know many people in this country don’t, but I can’t imagine why. Too strong? Too bony? Too puny? So silly. I think everyone needs to get over this. Possibly you’ve had them none too fresh. Freshness is key with [...]
Wine and Calamari at Aroma in the East Village
Posted in Restaurant and Product Reviews on July 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Happy customers at Aroma’s bar. Aroma is a fine bar and intimate caffé with a name that doesn’t sound as good in English as it does in Italian, even though it’s the same word. I suppose they could have done worse. They could have called it Smell, or Stink. Luckily the aroma when you walk [...]
Forget Potatoes. Try Bulgur Salad Instead.
Posted in Skinny Guinea on July 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Almonds, mint, basil, garlic, and tomatoes—beautiful Sicilian flavors all in one healthful dish. Recipe: Bulgur with Trapanese Pesto In my continuing effort to educate myself on the evils of refined carbohydrates, I have been heartbroken to learn that potatoes rank very high on the glycemic index. They’re right up there with refined white flour. I [...]
Happy Fourth of July
Posted in Skinny Guinea on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fireworks at an Italian festival in New Orleans last year. Have a great holiday weekend. And do yourself a favor: Forget the diet for a few days. Have a blast. Eat what you love. Drink to your heart’s content. Celebrate in true American style. I plan on stuffing myself with Taleggio, grilled steaks, and Chianti.
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Erica De Mane is a chef and food writer who specializes in Southern Italian cooking. She is the author of The Flavors of Southern Italy and Pasta Improvvisata, as well as Williams-Sonoma Pasta, which is available at Williams-Sonoma stores. A member of the Association of Culinary Professionals and the Italian-based International Slow Food Movement, she lives in New York City.
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