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the beef cheek ravioli at Babbo might be the greatest pasta dish ever
Now At Krispy Kreme: Hot Fresh Whole Wheat Doughnuts
Well its all wrong, of course, but the worst part is when you say "doughnuts are perfectly fine the way they are". Maybe you should circulate a list of foods that are already perfectly fine, so restaurants won't be foolish enough to try to change them.
Now At Krispy Kreme: Hot Fresh Whole Wheat Doughnuts
You also trivialized the health benefits by saying it was a "saving of just 20 calories", and I was addressing this calorie-centric view of nutrition. As to your point, that a "doughnut shouldn't have to be better", its illogical for its own reasons, not least of which being that people may actually prefer the taste of whole wheat. Or they may prefer having 4 marginally less delicious whole wheat doughnuts a month to their normal 3 traditional doughnuts.
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Gurgling Cod - that post was awesome. I was going to post something after I read the Bourdain piece, but my meager effort would have paled in comparison. His writing seems to consist entirely of whining.
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
the beef cheek ravioli at Babbo might be the greatest pasta dish ever
Now At Krispy Kreme: Hot Fresh Whole Wheat Doughnuts
Well its all wrong, of course, but the worst part is when you say "doughnuts are perfectly fine the way they are". Maybe you should circulate a list of foods that are already perfectly fine, so restaurants won't be foolish enough to try to change them.
Now At Krispy Kreme: Hot Fresh Whole Wheat Doughnuts
You also trivialized the health benefits by saying it was a "saving of just 20 calories", and I was addressing this calorie-centric view of nutrition. As to your point, that a "doughnut shouldn't have to be better", its illogical for its own reasons, not least of which being that people may actually prefer the taste of whole wheat. Or they may prefer having 4 marginally less delicious whole wheat doughnuts a month to their normal 3 traditional doughnuts.
Now At Krispy Kreme: Hot Fresh Whole Wheat Doughnuts
Nutrition means more than the absence of calories. Whole wheat is better for you because it has the vitamins, minerals and fiber from the germ and the bran of the wheat. This doughnut isn't a diet plan, its just better for you.
Which wich?
Day after Thanksgiving, leftover turkey, stuffing and homemade cranberry sauce. BLT with avocado is a distant second.
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
linguine with white clam sauce.. loads of garlic!
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
shrimp, good rigatoni, too much garlic, lacinato kale, chile flake.
eggplantconfit@hotmail.com
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
Catalan styled cannaloni
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
I just love a good old-fashioned spaghetti & meatballs!
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
Penne with a white Bolognese sauce (New York Times magazine a few years ago) is by far my favorite pasta. It starts with lots of rehydrated porcini mushrooms, and then simmers vegetables, beef, and sausage in porcini broth and white wine. It ends with cream and a hit of good white truffle oil. I have had guests call the following day and claim they still can taste that Bolognese!
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
Nothing too fancy for me, I'm afraid, since I'm enamored by the simplicities of a well-done bolognese or vodka sauce. And due to being a graduate student with only so much time to cook and only so much money to devote to cooking, I tend to work on one or two recipes a semester to see if I can start nailing these sauces on my own rather than be at the mercy of a jar!
As such I have a decent vodka sauce going on for whenever I need to make a quick meal in around 15 minutes, and that certainly means quite a bit to me! Time to get cracking on bolognese!
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Plain old spaghetti with my family's meat sauce (beef short ribs, boneless pork ribs, italian sausage and meatballs) covered in locatelli cheese. It brings me such comfort I just thank God I am italian.
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My favorite is a 4-cheese lasagne with béchamel sauce. It uses fontina, parmigiano reggiano, mascarpone and ricotta cheeses with walnuts for texture and additional flavor.
It's really amazingly amazing! I think I'll make it tomorrow night -- you know, after a lazy Sunday.
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Spaghetti carbonara, non-cream version, is the best!
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Rigatoni with my Grandmother's sauce
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Homemade pesto w/any type of pasta: orecchiete, penne, linguini, et al. but with some sun dried tomatoes thrown in for color.
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
Angle Hair pasta with tomato & basil sauce with chunks of tomato and 1 big meatball
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My favorite would be eggplant lasagne or any pasta with eggplant.
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My favorite has to be a great cheese tortellini soup recipe I use. I make it with lots of fresh veggies and it comes out nice and thick - kind of like Rachel Raye's "stoups" (in between stew and soup)
Pasta on a plate? New favorite is penne a la vodka
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
I love pasta. I'm having a hard time choosing, it depends on my mood, who's cooking. But I just love linguine with white clam sauce.
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Gnocchi. Best with sage and butter sauce. tomato sauce will do too. With Plenty of grated cheese. A nice Chianti would't hurt
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macaroni in milk, hk style
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
I may have to change my previous entry...
I was in Paris over the last few days and last night had a great pasta dish with a friend in a little restaurant that we stumbled upon, very close to the Eiffel Tower (Il Sorrentino - 20 Rue de Montessuy - 7ième). I originally picked something else from the menu, but when some of the ingredients did not seem to be available (we arrived at the place at around 22:00 in the evening), I chose the same dish my friend ordered: Pennette Antonino with coquilles St.-Jacques & Parmigiano flambeed with Grappa.
We were sitting on the pavement outside, the temperature was still very nice out for this time of the year, when a table was rolled outside with a whole Parmigiano cheese on it on its side. It was cut open on top and hollowed. The Maitre D' brought a copper pan out with Grappa that was already in flames and poored this into the Parmigiano cheese. The hot Grappa melted the cheese. He scraped the melted cheese off with a spoon and added cooked small penne that had scallops and tomato pieces over them. He kept stirring in the mixture as to add more cheese so that we got to a sauce that was very creamy.
We both ate our dish with much contentment. We drank a nice white wine with that: Falangina Sorrentina and also had an Italian sparkling water: Ferrarelle. Definitely an address I will remember when I get back to that neighbourhood!
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
Very hard to pick one pasta dish as my fave...it's like picking a favourite child... Probably my favourite recipe is a spicy tomato and lentil pasta I make. The obly problem is I eat too much of it! It's soooo tasty, and even better the second day for leftovers!!
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Bowties with roasted vegetables along with sundried tomatoes, with a touch of cream. :)
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
Tough choice, but my wife makes a great pasta dish with angel hair pasta, porcini mushrooms and sage.
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
The furthest I can narrow it down is to my top four: bucatini all'amatriciana at Lupa, mom's linguini with soft shell crabs; baked pasta in the pink at Al Forno; Beef Cheek Raviloli at Babbo.
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Orechiette with sausage and broccoli rabe!
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Spaghetti with olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, fresh basil and parmigiano. A little crushed red pepper is good too. And a nice crusty bread on the side. Well, I know what I'm having for dinner now...
'On Top of Spaghetti' Book Giveaway
Either pappardelle with veal or butternut squash raviola. :D
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Gurgling Cod - that post was awesome. I was going to post something after I read the Bourdain piece, but my meager effort would have paled in comparison. His writing seems to consist entirely of whining.