Tonight I made a simple salad featuring good tomatoes (at least what I can get in January), and a winter-inspired soup. Yes, it was 58 degrees here today. But whatever. The salad used a mustardy vinaigrette and simple sea salt with both heirloom greens and heirloom tomatoes. The sourdough baguette was excellent, procured from the Fresh […]
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Jun7
Broad Appétit 2009
I took to the streets this Sunday to visit Richmond’s food festival, Broad Appetit. I also snapped some photos of the event. There were many tasty treats. The last thing I had were these tempura-fried shiitake’s from Acacia. The whole ride home, my mouth was overwhelmed with significant mushroom flavor. While they needed salt, they flavor […]
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May23
A Splendid Table
Tonight’s supper came from Lynne Rosetto Kasper’s famous cookbook of northern Italian cuisine, The Splendid Table. She has a recipe for simple asparagus. After blanching it, you quickly sauté it with butter. I added one clove garlic to the butter. Then, she suggests keeping it warm in the oven until service. Until then, you hold off […]
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Nov2
How to Eat Supper
I’ve been shamelessly listening to the most excellent radio program, The Splendid Table now for a couple of months, relishing in host Lynne Rossetto Kasper’s more recent episodes, and of course, going back for more that were previously recorded. You can listen to her Saturday American Public Media show now via podcast. And today, I picked […]
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