On Facebook, someone mentioned how the style of my cooking so often can be tracked to old-time Italian country cooking. At the time the recession of 2008 hit, I started…
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…
Behold the humble green bean, a vegetable that most people don’t give its due. It’s fast becoming one of my favorite summer vegetables, even more than tomatoes, peppers and eggplant.…
Stufato di Verdure But what is it, you ask? Well, it’s typically vegetables that have been stewed in little more than olive oil and a tiny bit of water, along…
Green beans and potatoes complement each other deliciously. This makes a simple vegetable side dish, or with the addition of perhaps eggs and cheese, can easily stand in for a…
One of the simplest of vegetable sides — of which there are so many to choose from in Italian cuisine! — is fagiolini al pomodoro, otherwise known as ‘green beans…
Summer is when I temporarily become a part-time vegetarian. There are so many tasty vegetables that are suddenly available at our Greenmarkets that it almost seems a crime to not…
Green bean and kale bihari masala, basmati brown rice Adapted from this Diner’s Journal entry at The New York Times. I make this quite often in the summer and autumn.…
You’d think that someone who’s had lots of experience poaching eggs and featuring them on this here food blog thingy would be able to make a logical leap to poached…
