For dinner this evening, I wanted to make a tomato and cream sauce to go over stuffed ravioli as it would allow me to use the remainder of the parsley and ricotta filling I needed for the dish I made yesterday. While I considered reaching for our normal tomato and cream sauce, I decided to be productive by at least testing one more recipe from Marcella Hazan.
Here’s a question that serves as an interesting ethical dilemma … The Ethical Dilemma: You are a judge in a developing country where family law leaves much discretion to the person sitting on the bench. A single mother, 18 years old, gives up her child for adoption. The child is adopted by a married couple in…
I woke up this morning, grabbed a cup of black coffee, went straight to work, and dove into some of the things I needed to finish. In the early afternoon, I realized that I was expecting a shipment of books at the house and that I hadn’t eaten so much as a saltine cracker since…
Last night, around 3:30 a.m., I had the idea to take a fresh spinach pasta, cut it into thicker fettuccine, and serve it with the butter and parmesan cheese sauce that Marcella Hazan used for Tortelloni stuffed with Swiss Chard, Prosciutto, and Ricotta (found on page 191 of her most famous cookbook).
I promised Aaron that if he picked up a small chicken, I would try my hand at the classic Chicken with Two Lemons recipe that is famous for having only salt, pepper, lemons, and chicken on the ingredients list. No fats, butter, or oil, just the juiciest meat possible as a result of the chemical…
It’s time we talk about the debt ceiling and what a debt ceiling default would mean for the United States. I’ve avoided this conversation because I was hopeful we would never end up here, again, after the last round of stupidity. I’ve also avoided discussing the on-going shutdown of the Federal Government, despite some strong…
I’ve been so busy with work the past month that the only time I’ve had for the blog, and interacting with you, was during the time we were in the kitchen. In between sauces simmering and pasta dough resting, desserts being prepared or the coffee pot piping, I tried to respond to whatever comments I…
I happened to be looking around for more books to add to the library and came across something called Microwave Cooking for One. I always tell you to be aware of what is going on inside; like great surgeons or athletes, evaluating your own reactions and thought processes in a detached, rational way to better understand your subconscious motivations. I was shocked at how powerfully I responded to it. Something about this book – the fact that it even exists and that there is an audience for it – makes me deeply sad, in a very profound and emotional way.
With the public suddenly seeming to notice that three-parent biological children are now a scientific possibility, The Telegraph is reporting, “A group of 34 European politicians, including eight British MPs and peers, has signed a declaration attacking plans which will make the UK the first country in the world to permit the new IVF technique.” Here’s the…
For those of you who write me intrigued by the idea of cooking for the first time, I wanted to show you just how incredibly easy it can be. Since we are on an Italian kick lately, the best place to start would be the basic Italian staple: Fresh pasta. Homemade pasta has a unique flavor, texture, and element to it that even the best store bought boxed pastas can’t touch.