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Who doesn’t love tomatoes? They’re amazing when they’re in season…and that time is now. Depending on where you live, they’re on their way out and they won’t reappear for another…
It’s the height of tomato season here in New York City. One standby that I almost always seem to resort to when I just don’t feel like cooking is salsa…
If there’s a dish that really epitomizes the height of summer, it’s ratatouille. Wikipedia tells us that it’s a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice, and that…
As you can probably imagine, tomatoes are my favorite vegetable. Right now, my farmers’ markets are inundated with them: beefsteak tomatoes, Jersey tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, San Marzano tomatoes and Sungold…
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…
If you had told me a while ago that I’d be dating someone long-distance, I’d have probably laughed in your face. Fast forward to 2013. It’s been a little over…
Zucchini “Pasta”, with Uncooked Tomato Sauce It’s not real pasta of course, hence the quotation marks. Zucchini “pasta” — Shave a medium-sized zucchini paper-thin with a vegetable peeler, then simmer…
When you have tomatoes that are at the peak of their flavor, you’ll want to treat them as simply as possible. That means: preparations like panzanella, as an uncooked pasta…
