vegetarian

B and I have been together since May 2013. If you count since we’ve been living together, it’s been 3 1/2 years. I prefer to start the clock from the […]

American cuisine

Brunch Snapshot

Salad greens with asparagus, homemade salt-and-vinegar potato chips and hard-cooked egg.

American cuisine

Random Snapshots

Clicking on a tile in the mosaic below will bring up a slideshow of high-resolution photographs. Enjoy the pix.

Alice Waters

Home Cooking Snapshots

Clicking on a tile in the mosaic below will bring up a slideshow of high-resolution photographs. Enjoy the pix.

American cuisine

June Snapshots

Clicking on a tile in the mosaic below will bring up a slideshow of high-resolution photographs. Enjoy the pix.

autumn

Fresh Cavatelli with Cauliflower, Almonds and Breadcrumbs

I lived in New York City from 1988 till about […]

American cuisine

Home Cooking Snapshots

Clicking on the tiles in the mosaic will bring up a slideshow of high-resolution photographs. Enjoy the pix.

autumn

Dinner Snapshots

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 […]

cooking

When someone asks me “What do you like to cook?”, I almost invariably answer “Italian”. If pressed for detail, I sometimes answer “Mediterranean-style vegetable-focused cooking, with a strong preference towards […]

American cuisine

Random Snapshots

Clicking on any of the tiles in the mosaic below will bring up a slideshow of high-resolution photographs. Enjoy.

food

Orecchiette with Uncooked Tomato Sauce

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 […]

Alice Waters

Ratatouille

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 […]

American cuisine

A Celebration of Tomatoes

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 […]

cooking

Mejadra, with Yogurt and Cucumber

Rice and beans (or peas, or lentils) is a tradition in just about every region I can think of, from the American South (red beans and rice), to India (chana […]

food

Asparagus with Coconut and Cardamom

This is my interpretation of one of Floyd Cardoz‘s creations at his former restaurant, the now-closed Tabla. Opened in 1998, Tabla was an instant hit amongst New York City’s food […]

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The Spamwise Chronicles

A blog devoted to the beauty of food.

Random Snapshots

Weekend Rituals

Brunch Snapshot

Random Snapshots

Home Cooking Snapshots

June Snapshots

Fresh Cavatelli with Cauliflower, Almonds and Breadcrumbs

Home Cooking Snapshots

Dinner Snapshots

Zucchine Alla Parmigiana

Random Snapshots

Orecchiette with Uncooked Tomato Sauce

Ratatouille

A Celebration of Tomatoes

Mejadra, with Yogurt and Cucumber

Asparagus with Coconut and Cardamom