Recipes: New York State Trout Wrapped in Pancetta and Filled with Sage Grilled Asparagus and Scallions with Capers Green Salad with Sorrel Pecorino with Wildflower Honey New York State Trout Wrapped in Pancetta and Filled with Sage You’ll want four whole trout, not more than a pound apiece, gutted but with their heads and tails [...]
Archive for the ‘2004’ Category
Trout on the Grill
Posted in 2004 on July 3, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
A Jumbo Shrimp Barbecue
Posted in 2004 on July 2, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Recipes: Raw Cremini, Pecorino, and Celery Salad Grilled Jumbo Shrimp with Sea Salt, Orange Zext, and Mint Blackberries with Sweet Wine and Basil Raw Cremini, Pecorino, and Celery Salad This is a raw mushroom salad I first learned about in Sicily. It’s very simple and surprisingly flavorful. If you happen to have a few wild [...]
BBQ Improvvisata: Seven Summer Menus
Posted in 2004 on July 1, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
For the past several summers, my husband and I (and usually a friend or two) have been spending occasional weekends in Ulster County in Upstate New York, renting small rooms at a simple inn that happens to be on green, open land with a large pond at one end of the property and a lively [...]
Asparagus Season
Posted in 2004 on May 15, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Recipes: Asparagus Soup with Basil-Almond Pesto Asparagus with Tarragon-Caper Oil Asparagus, Fennel, and Spring Onion Salad Roasted Asparagus with Tomatoes and Gaeta Olives Spaghetti with Asparagus, Leeks, Prosciutto, and Thyme Asparagus with Parmigiano, Lemon, and Cream Asparagus with Scallops, Pine Nuts, and Tomato Saffron Vinaigrette In the spring, when asparagus is in season in Italy, [...]
An Easter Menu
Posted in 2004 on April 1, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Recipes: Asparagus and Burrata Salad with Dandelions Baby Artichokes with New Potatoes and Mint Calamari Filled with Ricotta and Herbs and Braised with Malvasia Wine My Mother’s Pastiera We had a long, cold winter this year in Manhattan, gray with few of those sunny, bracing days that can be so uplifting in the middle of [...]
An Italian-American Sunday Supper, Updated
Posted in 2004 on February 1, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Recipes: Bruschetta with Artichoke Pesto Braised Beef with Primitivo Wine Carrots with Sicilian Capers Caciocavallo with Rosemary Honey and Pine Nuts Braciole stuffed with Pecorino, garlic, and parsley; hunks of pork; sausages: All those things floating together for hours in a big pot of burnished red sauce make up a taste memory from my childhood [...]






