A few months ago, when I asked Johanne Killeen, coauthor of On Top of Spaghetti, to name the best pasta meal she had eaten within the last year, she mentioned this dish. She had it in Salina, an island off... More
Mostaccioli with Tomato 'Pesto'... More
On Top of Spaghetti is the second cookbook by Johanne Killeen and George Germon, the owners of Al Forno in Providence, Rhode Island. I've eaten at Al Forno many times over the years, and the pastas, grilled pizza, and desserts... More
Saffron Risotto... More
The flavor of barley works especially well with mushrooms. I like asparagus in this, too, but it's out of season; if you want to get your greens on, throw in a few fist fulls of rinsed, fresh spinach during the... More
In honor (or rather acknowledgement) of Fashion Week, here’s a recipe from 1955’s Fashion Cooks, by the Fashion Group of Chicago. It was contributed by Patricia Dougherty Boysen, the past regional director of the Fashion Group of Chicago, and it’s... More
My friend Bryan asked me for suggestions for utilizing the abundant crop of tomatoes in his backyard (he lives in California, where tomatoes lazily ripen into the early fall). I told him to can them, but not everyone has the... More
My friends, bread baker and pastry chef supreme Nancy Silverton (of La Brea Bakery) and her chef ex-husband Mark Peel (of Campanile fame) wrote a great cookbook with an awful title called Mark Peel & Nancy Silverton At Home: Two... More
I can't stand most salmon dishes I eat. Farm-raised salmon has a flavor and texture I find off-putting and weird. So when our friend Eric, one of the best home cooks I know, requested I bring him a pound and... More
