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Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay!
Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay!
All in Seafood
It’s early September but NYC is holding on to the heat. If I had my way, winter would be a place you visit, summer would drag on forever and salads for dinner would never go out of season
Settling into life in my parents’ house means getting used to a flat-screen television, living in a house that’s about 5 times the size of ours, and having free reign in a chef’s kitchen.
The title says it all, really. Well, actually, it doesn’t say that the roasting is optional; that you can, in a pinch, use canned tomatoes; that though the squid ink pasta is fun
As promised, here is the recipe for pasta maritata con cozze e ceci – fresh pasta with mussels and chickpeas – as interpreted by my stepmother-in-law (after many a painstaking meal at bustling seaside restaurants in the Salento region of Puglia).
Salt cod is not very cool. I always avoid passing it in the deli, where it forms a little stink cloud, keeping everyone under 82 far, far away. But I’ve grown to love salt cod. Really! It may not be popular in the supermarket, but mix it with some magic ingredients (that you probably already have at home) and it will be your best friend.
Attending law school requires industry. No, they haven’t asked us to make our own desks – at least, not yet. And so far this take home exam I’m working on has required patience, apt page-turning skills, use of fancy words and caffeine, but no industry. I’m taking industry when it comes to lunch.
It’s still stinking hot here in Sydney and will be for the next few months. Not that I’m complaining. Sure, I miss my hearty baked pastas and braised everything, but summer eating is full of simple pleasures. Like ice cream, which we’ve taken to eating by the carton.
Though Francesco and I normally breeze through life surrounded by heart-shaped bubbles and flower petals falling at our feet, we, like every other couple, have our share of kerfuffles.
We peruse our farmers market for local goat cheese, use our neighborhood herb garden, buy native flowers, we even feed our dog minced kangaroo!
Sydney is to Thai restaurants what New York City is to hot dog stands. They’re everywhere.
These little suckers are probably my favorite holiday appetizer ever. Even more favorite than these. This was also one of the rare things –
