I am probably much more pleased with myself for this than I deserve to be, but what is a food blog good for if not self-aggrandizement? Nothing as far as I’m concerned.
So here’s the story: I made too much ratatouille. Much too much ratatouille. My dinner guests ate ratatouille. I ate ratatouille. I ate more [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pasta’
Ratatouille Pasta and the Art of Improvisation
Posted in Home Cooking, Philosophy, Tips, Vegetarian, tagged eggplant, pasta, ratatouille on August 21, 2008 | No Comments »
An Old Standby, With a Roasted Twist
Posted in Cheap, Home Cooking, Recipe, Vegetarian, tagged pasta, tomatoes on July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Summer and the fresh produce it brings to the market means a wide range of new possibilities in the kitchen, but even when there’s so much to choose from - and sometimes especially when it’s so hot - we all can get lazy. And when I get lazy, I cook pasta. Usually pasta with tomato [...]
Carbonara, of a sort
Posted in Home Cooking, Recipe, tagged bacon, cheese, eggs, pasta, sage, squash, tomato on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
This is an original Food Junta recipe, with no inspiration from anywhere other than my own imagination. Carbonara is typically pasta — usually spaghetti — with eggs, cheese, pork, and black pepper. You add the raw eggs directly to the pasta after it’s done cooking, and the heat of the pasta cooks the egg and [...]
Ramps!
Posted in Home Cooking, Recipe, Vegetarian, tagged local, pasta, ramps, seasonal on May 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
You really know it’s spring in New York when you see the foodies elbowing one another at the farmer’s markets to grab up bunches of that elusive and highly seasonal harbinger of spring - ramps.
Ramps are a member of the allium family (onion, garlic, etc.) and are also known as wild leeks. How are [...]
Matzoh’s Last Stand
Posted in Home Cooking, Vegetarian, tagged debacle, matzoh, pasta, pizza on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Yes, Passover is over. And yes, we are all tired of hearing about it, even though this Passover we all learned a valuable lesson in appreciating matzoh, both in its caramel and chocolate covered form and in its fried with egg form.
But, I have two more dishes I just must write about, and who knows, [...]
Semi-Homemade: Tomato Sauce
Posted in Home Cooking, Quick, Tips, tagged pasta, shrimp, squash, tomato sauce, tomatoes on April 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last night, I had a immense craving for capellini (angel hair pasta, for the lay-pasta-people in the audience) with tomato sauce and shrimp. I wanted to make it myself, but I also didn’t want to spend a lot of time doing it. And so, dear reader, while one day in the near future I am [...]
