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Cheese

Garden Vegetable Ravioli in Tomato Brodo

July 27, 2009

How to make homemade ravioli with vegetables and goat cheese, in a garlic-infused tomato broth.

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Grilled Puttanesca Pizza with Heirloom Tomatoes

July 22, 2009

I used to be a nonbeliever. Friends would mention the amazing pizza they made at home, but I’d shrug it off, secretly thinking there’s no way it was half as tasty as brick-oven pizza. Well, I take it back. Sort of. I still think home-baked pizza is a waste of my time. But grilled pizza… [...]

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Homemade Focaccia Bread with Figs and Goat Camembert

July 15, 2009

How to bake homemade focaccia bread with fresh figs, cheese and pine nuts.

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How to Make Fresh Mozzarella Like Giuseppe in 30 minutes

May 6, 2009

I can’t yet compete with 40 years of experience, but I’d like to think my homemade fresh mozzarella at least comes close to that of Giuseppe’s, the master cheese-maker at Caputo’s in Brooklyn. Since I was young, one of my favorite things to eat was creamy mozzarella cheese with fruity olive oil and tomatoes from [...]

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Tortilla Omelet

April 27, 2009

This is one of the easiest, tastiest breakfasts I have ever made – and the accolades all belong to the ingredients. Sweet Maui onions, local organic eggs, homemade tortillas and aged dry jack cheese are all spruced up with a generous sprinkle of cilantro and a squeeze of lime. In my last post I mentioned [...]

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Asparagus and Sage Lasagna

April 20, 2009

Italian food often gets an undeserved rap for being unhealthy and heavy. It’s not completely unfounded – some restaurants enforce this belief by serving dishes like fettuccini alfredo and baked rigatoni that’s drowning in imitation cheese. The truth is the food in Italy is a world away from the processed pizza that gets delivered to [...]

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Stuffed Artichokes with Whole Roasted Potatoes

April 16, 2009

There are times when I can create masterful meals that take an entire day to prepare. There are other times when I can whip a half-empty kitchen into a surprising culinary feat. But then, there comes a time when I cannot for the life of me think of anything to cook. This particular time came [...]

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Farmers’ Market Scrambled Eggs

April 12, 2009

I was scarred as a child by IHOP breakfasts. The memory of a rubbery glob of yellow eggs sticking to my fork before I closed my eyes and braced for the sodium overload. This dreadful memory was enough to steer me clear of scrambled eggs for about 20 years, until I discovered the ingenious egg [...]

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