The first time I had a giant portobello mushroom was back when I thought vegetarians were weird and the only mushrooms I had ever known were of the button variety, came presliced and packaged in plastic wrap, and didn’t really do anything for me. But then my aunt served me a grilled burger whose patty [...]
pasta
Way back in college, I was introduced to creamy pesto sauce, and promptly adopted it as my in-a-pinch go-to pasta sauce. Creamy pesto sauce had the fresh zing of pesto with the comforting creaminess of an Alfredo sauce, and could transform a simple, inexpensive penne and broccoli dish into something magical. Except that, at $3+ [...]
I will readily admit that I am cooking (and eating) at the edge of my conscience when it comes to veal – maybe even over the line. But once twice maybe three times a year, my desire for the supremely tender meat gets the best of me, and I put on blinders to enjoy the [...]
Posted on November 10th, 2009 in pasta
Hello there, friends and foodies. Apologies to all those who I have recently (i.e., during the past 2+ months) denied to send recipes because my blog entries would provide them oh-so-soon. And here we are, a few months later, on the verge of law school final exam season, and finally – yes, finally! – after [...]
