Somehow California missed the memo this year that the official start to winter was almost a month ago. Rather than be socked in with rain and debating whether to wear my rain coat and freeze or my winter coat and be drenched, I have seen nothing but blue bird skies and 60 degrees temperatures making [...]
Archive for the ‘Pasta’ Category
Bolognese
Posted in Meat, Pasta on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Fusilli with Kale and Sausage
Posted in Pasta on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m back! So sorry for the radio silence. I had such high hopes for Thanksgiving week – I had a whole slew of posts lined up -from our trial friendsgiving to the real Thanksgiving feast prepared in my favorite kitchen with my favorite cook! But alas life happened. Just because I wasn’t writing didn’t mean [...]
Linguine with Cauliflower and Brussel Sprouts
Posted in Pasta on October 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ok on the surface this dish does sound a little weird. I mean brussel sprouts and cauliflower in one dish? It’s a kid’s worst nightmare! But as I sat on our flight home from Shanghai, doing everything possible to keep myself awake and reduce my jet lag, I found the recipe in Food & Wine [...]
Baked Ziti
Posted in Pasta on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every year the hubby loves to throw himself a “make it yourself” cooking birthday party. Our first year living together we were racking our brains trying to come up with a concept. He had either done it before or it wasn’t “make-it-yourself” enough. I learned that make it yourself really meant make it yourself – [...]
Pasta with Broccoli Two Ways
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian, tagged broccoli, broccoli florets, broccoli stem, butter, entire broccoli, pasta on August 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am not sure when it happened but somehow broccoli became one of my favorite vegetables. It just tastes so good regardless of how you cook it. It absorbs all the delicious sauce in a stir fry. It gets an amazing flavor when you roast it in the oven. It even tastes delicious when you [...]
Stuffed Shells
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian, tagged baked, mozzarella, pasta, Rao's, ricotta, sauce, stuffed shells on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There are those meals you remember from your childhood. The ones that instantly transport you back to being a kid and sitting at the kitchen table (or kitchen island in my case), legs swinging because they are too short to touch the floor, and belly full of deliciousness. For me one of those meals is [...]
Penne with Tomato and Eggplant Sauce
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian, tagged eggplant, pasta, Rao's, tomato on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing on my journey to finding the perfect eggplant, tomato, and pasta recipe (see Catastrophe) I thought I would turn to the experts on this – Rao’s. So there are difficult restaurants to get into in NYC and then there are impossible. Rao’s falls under the impossible, that is unless you are a “regular” or [...]
Penne with Brown Butter, Arugula, and Pine Nuts
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I lived on dorm dinning hall food my entire four years of college. I know what you are thinking, “How could someone possibly eat that stuff for four years?” My answer, easy, especially when your college is ranked by Princeton Review as having one of the top 10 best campuses for food. So when I graduated [...]
Fusilli with Shrimp and Arugula
Posted in Pasta, Seafood on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ok so this was the week I was going to branch out and try new recipes. I had all the time in the world on Sunday morning when I returned from the airport at 6:20am and could not fall back to sleep. I read through some cookbooks, made some breakfast, and then I realized that [...]
Spaghetti with Summer Squash, Herbs, and Walnuts
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian on August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Almost four years ago my sister and I took the plunge and moved cross-country. She settled in Southern California and I in Northern. Every summer we had our official “girls weekend” where I would head down South to escape the fog, get some much-needed beach time, but most of all catch up with my best [...]
