Miss Magnani, my muse, with a lovely goat friend. Recipe: Frisée Salad with Pomegranate Seeds, Pine Nuts, Sautéed Shallots, and Goat Cheese I had a dream last night where my front teeth were falling out. That’s a classic, isn’t it? But before they actually fell out they shrank and darkened. In fact, they turned into [...]
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Salad with Pomegranate, Pine Nuts, and Goat Cheese
Posted in Skinny Guinea on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Penne with Brussels Sprouts, Pancetta, and Lemon
Posted in Skinny Guinea on November 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Anna Magnani, my brooding muse. Recipe: Penne with Brussels Sprouts, Pancetta, and Lemon Anna Magnani is speaking to me again. She wasn’t for a while, and boy did that make me anxious. I think she was jealous of my relationship with La Saraghina. But things seem to have settled, and she’s again giving out much [...]
Neapolitan Potato Gattò
Posted in Skinny Guinea on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’d sure love to have one of these nice red mortadella trucks. Italians do understand high style. Recipe: Neapolitan Potato Gattò If you’re looking for something really rich, really Neapolitan-tasting, and really calorie-packed, this gattò is it. It’s like a pizza rustica, but made with mashed potatoes instead of ricotta, and much, much easier, since [...]
Quickie Porchetta
Posted in Skinny Guinea on October 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A porchetta sandwich truck in the Abruzzi, just opening for business. From time to time I stop into Porchetta, a little caffè in the East Village, especially in cooler weather, for their (what else?) porchetta. In my opinion porchetta is the best Italian street food there is, not counting the spleen and ricotta sandwiches from [...]
Broccoli Rabe and Ricotta Bruschetta
Posted in Skinny Guinea on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How can I be an old Italian hag, when I still look like this? Recipe: Broccoli Rabe, Anchovy, and Ricotta Bruschetta I’ve been eating so much broccoli rabe lately, I fear I may turn into a bitter old Italian hag. But I’m probably one already, so I might as well just continue to stuff myself. [...]
Sauteed Apples with Grappa and Sweet Ricotta
Posted in Skinny Guinea on October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Recipe: Sautéed Apples with Grappa, Raisins, and Pine Nuts, Served with Sweet Ricotta Apples are one of the foods we New Yorkers can truly claim as a local specialty. Right now at my Greenmarket I can find about 20 varieties of fragrant area-grown apples, some cherry red, some blackish red, some striped with cordovan, some [...]
Tuscan Grape Harvest Focaccia
Posted in Skinny Guinea on October 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Wine Harvest, by Francisco Goya. Recipe: Tuscan Grape Harvest Focaccia Every year around this time I make a version of the classic Tuscan grape focaccia called schiacciata coll’uva to celebrate the Italian wine harvest, even though I think it’s a little bogus to celebrate such a faraway event in New York. I should probably [...]
Roasted Cauliflower Is Delicious
Posted in Skinny Guinea, Uncategorized on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Multicolored cauliflower from Story Farms, in Catskill, New York. Recipe: Roasted Cauliflower with Capers, Cumin, and Pecorino Toscano My favorite vegetable stand is Story Farms, in Catskill, New York. It’s small but always colorful, at the moment sporting a strong orange theme. The farm is family run, and everything is grown either on their own [...]
Fresh Shell Bean Antipasto
Posted in Skinny Guinea on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Calabria Pork Store, on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. Recipe: Fresh Shell Bean Antipasto A few days ago I took a trip to Scarsdale, New York, with Oliver, my 87-year-old father in law, to see a house he had lived in as a child but hadn’t seen since 1937. We pulled up unannounced. Oliver [...]
Focaccia with Zucchini, Shallots, and Black Olives
Posted in Skinny Guinea on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Marcello with his own festive yeast creation. Recipe: Focaccia with Zucchini, Shallots, and Black Olives At summer’s end, what are we left with at the market that still speaks summer? Bins of dried-out zucchini. But I hold on to the idea of zucchini anyway, that big, sometimes really big, symbol of summer heat and fruitfulness, [...]
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