Princeton’s Taste of the Nation is Monday, April 26 at the Westin in Forrestal Village. Don’t miss out on this premier gourmet food tasting with your favorite restaurants. While you enjoy fabulous food and wine (and much, much more), you’ll be helping to stamp out hunger in your own back yard. 100% of your ticket … Continue reading
Tonkatsu
I spied some nice thinly sliced pork cutlet at the market recently, and thought of making Japanese tonkatsu. (You could make this with chicken too.) I dipped the pieces into egg, then Japanese panko bread crumbs, and sautéed them briefly in hot peanut oil. I “rigged up” my own tonkatsu sauce based on the version below (it has … 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
All aboard for a noshing tour!
JCC Princeton Mercer Bucks hosts a Jewish Heritage and “Noshing” Tour of New York’s Lower East Side on Sunday, May 16, 2010. The trip will include a visit to the historic Tenement Museum, an interactive tour of a family’s apartment set in 1916, and a guided walking tour of the Lower East Side . Along … Continue reading
Stuffed breast of veal
This is the kind of old-fashioned dish that most people would not think of making today. But when faced with 99-cent-a-pound veal breast with a pocket for stuffing at ShopRite near winter’s end, my righteous desire for natural and humanely raised meat flew out the window. What would be the chances of finding this at … Continue reading
S’more please!
These disappeared so quickly, I barely had time to get out my cell phone to take the photo. A clever take on s’mores, they were offered in our Genomics Café on campus at Princeton University last week. A graham cracker base was topped with chocolate cake (not too sweet, either, which was a relief), and … Continue reading
Sara Moulton at Kitchen Kapers
Sara Moulton is coming to Palmer Square’s Kitchen Kapers on April 14, 11:00 am to 1:00pm. (She visits the Moorestown store later the same day.) She’ll be signing copies of her new book, “Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners.” Woo Hoo! I was a great admirer of her from the early days of the Food Network, … Continue reading
Ravioli then and now
I’d kind of given up on ravioli, as so many of them seemed to barely hint at the alleged fillings. Lobster that looked pink but had no flavor, mushrooms like cardboard, you get the idea…I can’t remember the last time I ordered ravioli in an Italian restaurant, either. But I’ve had good luck at a couple places … Continue reading
Osso Buco at Eno Terra
Hats off to Executive Chef Chris Albrecht (and the rest of the staff!) for the recent dinner at Eno Terra featuring the foods of Lombardia. (The next in the series is the Veneto, on April 21.) By the time this succulent osso buco with risotto Milanese arrived at the table, I only had room for a … 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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