A Celebration of Spring
This week I have the honor and the pleasure of hosting Presto Pasta Nights #266, a weekly foodblog event organized by Ruth of Once Upon A Feast. This is my […]
Tuesday Snapshot
Poached wild turkey egg, with cumin-spiced potatoes, spinach and heirloom tomatoes
A Spring Troika — Part 3
Spring in New York is marked by an abundance of dark leafy greens at farmers’ markets here in the City. Vegetables such as spinach, tatsoi, kale, chickweed, dandelion greens and […]
A Spring Troika — Part 2
Before I get to today’s post, you may have noticed that the title of this food blog changed from “The Spamwise Chronicles” to “Simple Kitchen Seasons”. As I explain on […]
A Spring Troika — Part 1
When you hear the word ‘spring’, I bet the first thing that pops up in your mind isn’t something like ‘fennel’. Something more along the lines of ‘ramps’, or perhaps […]
Saturday Snapshot
Sorry for the drop-off in posting, as I haven’t been feeling well lately. Hopefully this pic will make up for some lost time. This was shot a couple of weekends […]
Weekend Snapshots
Artichokes, with garlic, mint, parsley and chiles
Salad Snapshot
Originally, I had planned an appetizer for dinner earlier in the week called “bacon and eggs” — slow-cooked scrambled wild turkey eggs, with caviar and pancetta. Unfortunately, the remaining pancetta […]
Thursday Snapshot
Asparagus salad, polenta cake, wild turkey egg Virtually everything that you see here except for the olive oil in the dressing came from Union Square Greenmarket, in New York City. […]
A Few Small Plates
Here is a small collection of photographs of what I call ‘small plates’ — in reality, they are appetizers or small salads that are sized for one person. Perhaps some […]
Pasta For Dinner
If you’ve been following this food blog for a while, you may have noticed that there’s an inordinate amount of pasta dishes that appears throughout this blog. That’s because it’s […]
Breakfast Snapshot
Spring vegetables, poached wild turkey egg The vegetables consist of asparagus, morel mushrooms and French breakfast radishes. The morels were sautéed in unsalted butter; the asparagus and radishes were briefly […]
Spring Greens
The method detailed in this recipe is probably my favorite way to cook vegetables of all kinds — broccoli, potatoes, beans, carrots, squash, zucchini, spinach … the list goes on […]
Cippolini en Agrodolce
Cippolini en agrodolce are quick-pickled onions in a sweet-and-sour marinade. Unlike many pickles, these onions are not as sour as the vinegar is tempered with sugar. Serve with cured meats […]
Thursday Snapshot
The best type of art is the edible kind. Shaved asparagus salad with roasted shallots, fried herbs and shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
Pasta Primavera
Before I get to the subject of today’s post, I want to talk a little about one of my pet peeves that keeps occurring with some regularity, especially now that […]
