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emmer reginetti with puntarelle, capers, lemon; melon, lime
Categories: Meals at homeIt had been a tough day, with both of us at home again, trying to not stress out while a handful of guys were busy both inside the apartment and on the roof garden just outside, installing a split-system AC system [yes!]. Although they were finished and gone by the end of the afternoon, it…
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marinated grilled swordfish; tomatoes, thyme; puntarelle
Categories: Meals at homeThe excellent swordfish and the luscious tomatoes were terrific side dishes for the puntarelle, a huge hit with both Barry and myself last night; it was probably the best we’d ever had at home. two thick 7.5-ounce swordfish steaks from American Seafood Company in the Union Square Greenmarket, halved, marinated for more than half…
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penne, pepquinos, lemon, habanada, fenugreek, micro basil
Categories: Meals at homeThey may not be cucumbers, and they look like micro watermelon, but they sure taste like cucumbers, albeit slightly sour cucumbers, with an added, and very distinctive, ‘pop’ when bitten into. a simple sauced pasta which began with a couple tablespoons of olive oil inside a high-sided tin-lined copper pot gently heating more than half…
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summer shark, onion/wine sauce; tomato; haricot vert, dill
Categories: Meals at homeThe fish was brilliant, even more delicious than it had been the first time I reeled it in from the surface of the range, probably because it was cooked more à point this time. I’m not going to think about the cost, although I have to say that it set me back a full $6 [yeah]…
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artichoke ravioli, garlic, heirloom tomato, marjoram buds
Categories: Meals at homeI had a pound or so of heirloom tomatoes, less than a third of which were super ripe (which is good, when it comes to heirlooms). I was determined to use them in Sunday night’s meal, but the amount wasn’t going to be enough to serve with the pasta I had in mind to prepare.…
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blue eggs, pink bacon, red and green spices, purple basil
Categories: Meals at homeI feel like I cheated with this picture. Most of its interest is supplied by the purple micro basil. Although it definitely adds something to the flavor of a dish, it’s the delicate shape, and especially the color, that makes it sing, and demands that it be ‘heard’. Otherwise this was a fairly routine Sunday…
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culotte; grilled eggplant, marjoram; tomatoes, micro basil
Categories: Meals at homeLate this past Friday we had invited a visitor from far outside New York, who was only going to be here for another week, to join us for dinner the next evening. I calculated that I had enough vegetables, and fruit, for 3, but the next day I would have to go down the street…
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inguazato; garlic/habanada-sautéed fennel, micro scallion
Categories: Meals at homeIt’s not the best image I’ve captured of this terrific dish, which has appeared on this blog often, but it was nearly midnight when I finally set the plate on the table, and we had been enjoying a certain amount of sparkling wine with some great friends over the previous few hours. I wasn’t even…
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insalata caprese; scallops, tomato butter; tomatoes; greens
Categories: Meals at homeEven as I was assembling them in my mind, I knew that both courses would seem to be as much about tomatoes as anything else, especially since tomatoes also found their way [almost] invisibly, onto the scallops as well. At least I used a different kind of tomato in each of their 3 appearances. The…
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marinated baby squid, baby corn, savory; baby cukes, dill
Categories: Meals at homeThey really were all ‘baby’ things, as I tweeted last night, baby squid, baby corn, and baby cucumbers (even if only the corn had been labelled as such), and all of them came from the Union Square Greenmarket. It certainly wasn’t something I had been after; it just happened, but fortunately, as I added then, it…