Roast some peppers with just a spoonful of aromatics inside. Result: tasty, squishy-soft peppers that genially pair with burrata… and some great leftovers.
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Gone Fishin’
Hi, Everyone – I hope your summers are going well, or at least as well as they can be in this strange hard season. Jody and I have taken a week off to visit with our kids, so I thought I’d revisit this late summer salad. It’s colorful, tasty, and my favorite way to eat …
TOMATO PHYLLO SHEET PIES WITH CINNAMON, HONEY AND OREGANO
When Jody was a girl and her parents had a cocktail party, she and her sisters were pressed into service, given trays of hors d’oeuvres and asked to circulate among the guests. As we were discussing how to arrange some of the final shots for this post, Jody produced a small wooden tray, then darted …
Roasted Okra with Guanciale, Peppers and Anchovies
Squint at this dish of roasted okra with guanciale and peppers and you might mistake it for an Italian bagna cauda. Except that okra doesn’t register on Italian culinary radar. Which is not to say that it can’t work with an Italian sensibility. Think of this as American trying on an Italian sport coat. Unexpectedly, …