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Dinner Snapshots

November 10, 2014 by Stan Santos

Some people unwind after a long day at work by lounging in front of the television. Making something delicious to eat for dinner is what I do. I believe that when you cook, you have to be fearless. Try something new that you haven’t done before. After all, as Julia Child once said, “If you make a mistake and you are alone in your kitchen, who is going to know?” Clicking any of the tiles below will call up a […]

Categories: autumn, cooking, food, food photography, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, cauliflower, food photography, Italian food, Julia Child, Marcella Hazan, pasta, pork chops, scallops, vegetarian

Vegan Snapshots

January 13, 2014 by Stan Santos

This weekend was a first, in that I had vegan for dinner on both nights. While I’m not a vegetarian or a vegan, I have been trending towards eating less meat for a number of years now. I suppose if I were to pigeonhole myself, I’d call myself a “flexitarian” who prefers to belong to the school of lacto-ovo vegetarianism whenever he dips his toe in the pond. I think that is a nice compromise. I don’t think I can […]

Categories: food, food photography, recipe, vegan, vegetarian, winter • Tags: cauliflower, fennel, food photography, meatless, radicchio, seasonal, vegan, vegetarian, winter

Pasta with Cauliflower, Anchovy and Chickpeas

December 20, 2013 by Stan Santos

If there is one thing I would like some people to learn about Italian food, it would be to learn to like garlic less. Some Americans have this odd vision of what Italian food means: if one garlic clove is great, four or five must be better. To me, that is a caricature of the cuisine. The attitude that “more is better” suffers from a disease of excess. “More” is not better; it is simply “more”. If you’ve never had […]

Categories: cooking, food, food photography, Italian food, recipe, winter • Tags: anchovy, cauliflower, currants, food photography, Italian food, pasta, Sicily, winter

Starter Snapshots

August 16, 2013 by Stan Santos

Roasted Cauliflower “Bruschetta”, Spanish Chorizo Roasted cauliflower “bruschetta”: roasted cauliflower (cauliflower, sea salt, black pepper, olive oil), seasoned with fish sauce, lime juice, cayenne pepper and cilantro, over fried Italian bread. Smoked Bacon, White Peaches, Chard The chard was briefly wilted in bacon drippings and dressed with a few drops of sherry vinegar. Watermelon, Thyme, Olive Oil This is a play on tomato bruschetta. In addition to the thyme and olive oil, the watermelon was seasoned with sea salt and […]

Categories: American cuisine, food, food photography, summer • Tags: American cuisine, appetizers, bacon, cauliflower, chard, food photography, peaches, sausage, summer, watermelon

Green Beans and Cauliflower, Stewed in Tomato Sauce

August 14, 2013 by Stan Santos

I love the combination of green beans and cauliflower braised in tomato sauce. The usual combination is fagiolini in umido (“green beans, stewed in tomato sauce”); the addition of cauliflower gilds the lily, in my opinion. There are variations where the sauce is fairly thin and brothy, the better to sop up with hunks of bread. My version is a bit heftier; it begins with a soffritto of celery, carrot, onion and celery leaves, to which crushed tomatoes and herbs […]

Categories: food, food photography, Gluten-Free, Italian food, recipe, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: cauliflower, food photography, gluten-free, green beans, Italian food, side dish, summer, vegan, vegetarian

Carrot and Cauliflower Confit

March 11, 2013 by Stan Santos

Confit is a generic term for various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation. Sealed and stored in a cool place, confit can last for several months. The word comes from the French verb confire, meaning “to preserve”, which in turn comes from the Latin conficere, meaning “to do, to produce, to make or to prepare.” You might be familiar with duck confit (confit de canard, an essential ingredient in cassoulet) or […]

Categories: food, food photography, French food, Gluten-Free, recipe, vegan, vegetarian, winter • Tags: appetizer, carrots, cauliflower, confit, food photography, French food, gluten-free, Jean Georges Vongerichten, vegan, winter

New Year’s Snapshots

January 1, 2013 by Stan Santos

I hope your New Year’s Eve was a safe and enjoyable evening, wherever you are in the world. Before you scroll down, a note of explanation from me, and a request. “Snapshot posts” are meant to be wordless, although they haven’t been in the past. Because this blog is both a food photography blog and a food/cooking blog, “snapshot posts” are my version of Wordless Wednesday, albeit with a mostly food-centric focus. In addition, they can occur on any day […]

Categories: American cuisine, food, food photography, Italian food, vegetarian, winter • Tags: cabbage, cauliflower, escarole, food photography, pasta, potato, radicchio, salad, soup, winter

Food Photography Fridays

October 26, 2012 by Stan Santos

Spaghetti con cavolfiore, acciughe e bottarga di mugine — (aka “spaghetti with cauliflower, anchovy and mullet bottarga”)

Categories: autumn, food, food photography, Italian food • Tags: anchovy, autumn, bottarga, cauliflower, food photography, Italian food, pasta, spaghetti

Cauliflower, with Rocambole Garlic, Parsley and Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

February 19, 2012 by Stan Santos

I’m a firm believer that people don’t treat vegetables with “respect” often enough. The best thing you can do to a vegetable, or indeed, most cooked food, is to prepare it simply and with a minimum of fuss. I don’t mean that elaborate preparations or exotic ingredients are out the window. What I really object to, is adding an ingredient because it’s trendy, hip or cool. There’s a fine line between ingredient excess and acting as a flavor enhancer. In […]

Categories: cooking, food, food photography, recipe, vegan, vegetarian, Weekend Herb Blogging, winter • Tags: appetizer, cauliflower, food photography, gluten-free, side dish

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