I was first drawn to this recipe for the novelty factor: It called for four vegetables, four burners, and four pots. Though ratatouille is traditionally a stewed mixture of tomatoes, onions, eggplants, zucchinis, and peppers, in The River Cottage...
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One of my guilty secrets as a food person and a word person is that I have never fallen for Elizabeth David. When Summer Cooking and A Book of Mediterranean Food were reissued by NYRB Classics in 2002, I bought...
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So, I looked in my fridge and noticed that I had: eggplants, bell peppers, squash, zucchini, and tomatoes. That didn't happen on purpose--it's what they had at the farmers' market. But not until my wife said we should have...
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- serves 6 - Adapted from Bobby Flay's Boy Meets Grill Ingredients 2 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise 2 medium yellow summer squash, halved lengthwise 2 Asian eggplants, halved lengthwise 2 medium red bell peppers, stemmed, seeded, and quartered 2 medium...
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The French may have ratatouille, with its newfound cinematic fame, but they aren't the only ones: a similar stewed vegetable dish can be found in many other cultures from the Phillipines to Turkey to Malta. There is something magical about...
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Watching the animated food critic Anton Ego take his transcendent bite of ratatouille in the movie by the same name, only makes you wonder what about this classic French peasant dish warrants such fuss. If you're as curious as I...
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Pork and citrus fruit with ratatouille, the final Cook the Book recipe from Pork & Sons, is a great crowd-pleaser, perfect for informal summer dinner parties. Pork and fruit of all kinds are a great combination, and the citrus...
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