food

A hobbit’s favorite subject (besides eating).

Eataly Snapshots

Eataly is a high-end Italian food market/mall chain comprising a variety of restaurants, food and beverage stations, bakery, and retail items. The first Eataly opened in Turin, Italy, in January […]

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Minestrone

I adore minestrone. Minestrone is a soup that embodies the best of “seasonal cooking”. Its content depends on what’s good at the market, and almost always contains a bounty of […]

American cuisine

Meat Snapshots

There’s no real way to sugarcoat this. I do eat meat from time to time, but when I do, I tend to use it as a flavoring and I typically […]

Alice Waters

Heirloom Bean Soup with Mussels and Winter Vegetables, and Watercress Pesto

(excerpted from the video above) Q: “We have schools across […]

California

Winter Greenmarket Snapshots

After spending a week in California and marveling at the quality of produce at San Francisco’s Ferry Plaza farmers market, it’s very difficult to come back to reality. The Greenmarket […]

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Garlic Soup

Have you ever come home from work late at night, looked in your refrigerator, and seen that you don’t have much to work with? If you’re like me, that produces […]

American cuisine

Carrot Snapshots

Roasted Baby Carrots, Burrata, Watercress, Pistachio This combination is fantastic with beets or parsnips instead of or in addition to the carrots. I love the contrast of sweet (from the […]

American cuisine

Cream of Cauliflower Soup, with Brioche Croutons Roasted Beet Salad, with Watercress, Fennel and Chestnuts Dry-Fried Parsnips, with Lime, Coconut and Dates None of the three dishes above have recipes, […]

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