Category Archives: Sauces and condiments

Last minute treat for the holidays

black and blistered roasted red peppers, ready for peelingRoast the peppers, toss in the processor, give a quick buzz, and you're good to go.Read More
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DUNNO MUCH ABOUT OLIVE OIL BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE!

Jean- Benoît smiled half-apologetically: “I sometimes think that’s the only way to get the authentic flavor of a true Provençale aïoli,” he said.Read More
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Backyard Chickens, Locavore Greens, and Food Trucks: A Maine Miscellany

One of Eleanor's backyard birdsAnd we, in poor old retro Maine, we just stumble along way behind all those hipsters to the south and west of us. Read More
Also posted in Maine, North America, Salads, Street Food | 4 Comments

Take that, you locavores!

You can't get more local than this!This was the sign in my local butcher shop in Cortona when I passed by a couple of days ago: The hand lettering advertises “Vitella Chianina”—vitella being something like what we would call baby beef, i.e., not a full-grown steer but still something much more imposing than a veal calf: “From the mountains,” it says, Read More
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The Longest Winter

Come, let's go/ snow-viewing/ till we're buried.   --BashoI woke this morning to yet another snowfall, this one downy soft, yielding only about four inches by the time it had stopped. Truly, this seems like the winter with no end. Times like these I wonder about our ancestors here in Maine—even a hundred years ago, most people had no electricity and relied on Read More
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  • SPEAKING TUSCAN IN THE KITCHEN/ LA CUCINA PARLA TOSCANO

    May 20 - 226, 2012, Villa Campestri, Tuscany A Tuscan cooking course with Nancy Harmon Jenkins for details click HERE

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