Main Dishes

Do you have a bucket list? Mine is a culinary bucket list and my list is extensive. So… the good news for me is that I can’t, as they say, lay down my knife and fork for a very long time. My list, as you might…

I’m in love. OK. Not in love in love. I’m in love with this white bean ragout. It  is spectacular–garlicky, cheesy, beany spectacular. Ragouts haven’t always been held in high esteem,though.  Notably, eighteenth-century Tom Jones author Henry Fielding blamed Britain’s declining military prowess on the…

    Years ago, a friend from school went chasing his dreams and moved to Alicante, Spain. We travelled there to visit and the four of us spent long leisurely afternoons laughing a lot, eating paella and drinking lots of red wine. In the late…

  Easy peasy. This soup couldn’t be easier to prepare–or more delicious. The link to the original Marcella Hazan recipe from which this dish was adapted appears at the bottom of this post along with a link to heirloom bean supplier Rancho Gordo which markets…

This savory pasta pie was featured on David Lebovitz’s blog yesterday. While I am looking far and wide for great recipes to try, I confess that I’m a Lebovitz “groupie.” If he posts it, it must be good. So, I gave this recipe a quick…

  Involtini is an Italian culinary term for a small bit of food consisting of an outer layer wrapped around a filling. This Nigella Lawson recipe for eggplant involtini wrapped around a flavorful feta cheese filling  appeared on the New York Times food page this…

I know. Indian food two posts in a row. In my defense, I have that great Indian corn dish that I just posted a day or so ago. I needed another dish to complement it for a proper Indian meal. I’ve always particularly enjoyed the…

    Are you a gastronaut? The Urban Dictionary defines a gastronaut as “a person who is willing to go to great lengths to find exotic and often bizarre foods to eat.” I don’t know about the bizarre part, but I confess that I’m a…