Archive for 'scratch supper'
SCRATCH SUPPER: TUNA NOODLE SURPRISE
I stared at my haul in consternation. Yesterday evening, when the predicted snowstorm pulled into town right on schedule, I made a provision run and scored two splendid lamb shanks (a long slow braise is just the thing for a snow day), along with a few other goodies. But what I had completely forgotten about […]
Posted: January 12th, 2011 under cookbooks, cooking, culinary history, food, pantry, scratch supper, winter.
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SCRATCH SUPPER: CHESTNUT RISOTTO
The smell of nuts, smoke, and char is in the air, and steam rolls across me like incense at High Mass. I could be in northern Italy, where the chestnut vendors shake their hot pans over a wood fire and shout “Caldaaaaaroste!” when they see you coming. Or not. I’m actually on Fifth Avenue, surrounded […]
Posted: December 9th, 2010 under autumn, cooking, culinary history, food, kitchen science, scratch supper.
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SCRATCH SUPPER: EGGPLANT TIAN
Admittedly, the bases are loaded. The refrigerator contains small amounts of all sorts of things. Leftover kale that had been cooked with red-pepper flakes and lots of garlic. Cooked chickpeas, ditto garlic. Tomato sauce. Parsley. A hunk of sheep’s-milk cheese. A crumbly wedge of Parmigiano-Reggiano, picked up on the fly while dodging the San Gennaro […]
Posted: October 14th, 2010 under cooking, early autumn, scratch supper, Union Square Greenmarket.
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SCRATCH SUPPER: ROMANO BEANS WITH GREEN GODDESS
Scratch—adj. Informal usage. done by or dependent on chance: a scratch shot. These days, my life doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for planning and cooking meals. I do make the effort, almost every Saturday morning, to get to the Greenmarket at Union Square—I enjoy the actual shopping for provisions as much as I […]
Posted: September 20th, 2010 under cooking, early autumn, scratch supper, Union Square Greenmarket.
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