I forgot to add red pepper. And the only parsley I had was dried. No matter, my impromptu dinner of linguine with clam sauce turned out just fine, thank you. I realized I had all the makings for this in my cupboard: little cans of chopped and whole clams, and clam broth. I sautéed garlic … Continue reading
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Oven-Fried Eggplant
When I attended a Suppers Program dinner for a recent recipe column, one of the dishes served that evening was delicious oven-fried eggplant. Thinly sliced, it was drizzed with olive oil and baked at very high heat on shallow baking sheets. Maybe it was flipped once, but thin as it was, might not have needed … Continue reading
Vino Galore
Lots of wine tastings and dinners on the horizon – At Princeton Corkscrew on Hulfish Street, there are regular tastings in the store from 5:00-8:00pm. April 20 brings Matt Cline from Three Wine Company of California, in a tasting of three old vines wines, and on April 29 they welcome Michel Fonne from Domaine Michel … Continue reading
I’ll have what she’s having!
Congratulations to Cooking Vacations on their fabulous cover story on the Amalfi coast, by Elizabeth Berg, in the new issue of National Geographic Traveler. It was Cooking Vacations that arranged for my complimentary cooking lesson when I visited Italy with my nephew in 2006, which I wrote up for the Packet. Just that one splendid evening … Continue reading
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