WHEN MY LATE sister-in-law Ann Jenkins Lindemulder returned to Cambridge, Mass., after five years in what was then called Burma, she brought back a number of souvenirs. These included a bronze Karen…
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By Nancy Harmon Jenkins, WSJ May 15th, 2015. Why olive oil makes better muffins and a few other little-known facts about the good fat that’s even better than you think. Here are three…
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Just heard the news about Union Square Café and I’m shocked. Though I haven’t dined there much of late, it’s always been one of my favorite New York restaurants, as it has…
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And the winner is: Joe Queenan of the Wall Street Journal with his Saturday plaint about the Mediterranean diet. And before I go any further, I’m also promoting his stupidity on the…
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Anne Raver’s lovely piece about New Mexico garlic grower Stanley Crawford in today’s New York Times reminds me that I forgot to put up a recipe for garlic soup, a perennial favorite…
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Adapted from Article published in Zester Daily http://www.zesterdaily.com/cooking/551-panzanos-divine-butcher Italy’s Dario Cecchini, the famed butcher in ‘Heat,’ expands on Antica Macelleria Cecchini. ……
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Adapted from Article published in Zester Daily http://www.zesterdaily.com/pantry/600-olive-oil-scam-maybe-not New study finds extra virgin olive oil isn’t always extra virgin. Light and heat may be the culprits.
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Adapted from Article published in Zester Daily http://www.zesterdaily.com/baking/653-apple-tarte-tatin Tarte Tatin was invented, so we are told, late in the 19th century by one of the two Tatin sisters, les demoiselles Tatin,…
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Adapted from an article published in The New York Times: April 4, 2007 Throughout rural Italy, the first thing many families eat on Easter morning is a giant frittata made from uova benedetta,…
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Adapted from and article published in The New York Times: October 31, 2007 CORTONA, Italy There are never enough white truffles. Their rarity and their seductive, earthy aroma help drive epicures wild. But as the…
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THE WAY WE EAT; On Blueberry Hill Adapted from an article published in The New York Times: August 17, 2008 Up on the mountain behind my house, the wild blueberries are ripe and prolific.…
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Adapted from Article published in Zester Daily http://www.zesterdaily.com/drinking/401-winter-joy-limoncello February is far and away the dreariest month of the year in Italy. Yes, for incurable optimists, there’s a faint promise of spring…