Category Archives: recipes I love caponata! It is a summery, sweet and sour mix of Italian deliciousness. I rarely make it, and whenever I do I wonder why I don’t make it more often. Yesterday I saw some beautiful local eggplants and decided not only to make a batch of caponata, but to make it in my […]  Because I love to cook so much, it doesn’t take much to get me in the mood to do it. I woke up this morning and, as I usually do I checked the outside temperature and it was 67°! I went around the house opening windows and turned off my central air conditioning. The main […]  When I was growing up my dad, who had a penchant for telling Catskill’s jokes used to repeat a joke I believe was attributed to Sam Levinson, the joke went something like this, ‘My whole life all my mother served was leftovers, but no one ever found the original meal’. Last Friday I was watching […]  I don’t consider myself a great cook, but I try to make great meals. I have been trained so I understand technique and cooking methods, and am not afraid or intimidated by recipes, but like art school, or music conservatories, culinary school can teach you technique, but no one can teach you to be talented. […]  We love pie, but it seems like the two times of year Americans eat, make and talk about pie (well maybe that last is just me) are Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July. In the Fall we want seasonal pies like apple, sweet potato, pumpkin and pecan. But it’s summer now, so a pie-maker’s fancy naturally […] |
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