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dinner, March 29, 2009
Categories: Meals at homespaghetti (or substitute linguine or another long pasta, not too thin) with tuna sauce (canned San Marzano tomatoes, chopped onion, red chili flakes, capers, good olive-oil-packed tuna, and parsley) from a recipe of Mark Bittman wine: Rocca Bella 2006 Negroamaro (Puglia) from Landmark Wine
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dinner, March 27, 2009
Categories: Meals at homegrilled swordfish steak, from Whole Foods (as were the vegetables), prepared Sicilian Salmoriglio style (slice one steak into two 1/2 inch thick pieces, grill each on ridged, cast iron pan 2 minutes on the first side, 1 1/2 minutes on the other, then remove from the pan and prick several times with a fork, covering…
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dinner, March 25, 2009
Categories: Meals at homeappetizer of thin-sliced prosciutto di parma (Citarella), with thin grissini; a simple salad of dandelion leaves dressed with lemon and oil on the side large scallops (Blue Moon Fish in the Union Square Greenmarket, but fisherman Alex Villani docks his boat at Mattituck Inlet on eastern Long Island), lightly floured and browned in butter, the…
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dinner, March 22, 2009
Categories: Meals at homeBoudin Noir, or blood sausage (Murray’s Cheese, Grand Central Market) pan-grilled, finished with “sweated” shallots and chopped parsley; accompanied by Granny Smith apples cut into eighths, browned, then finished in the oven; and served with potato “chips” (thin slices of Russet Burbank, seasoned with rosemary, salt and pepper, then baked in a very hot oven)…
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dinner, March 16, 2009
Categories: Meals at homeham steak (from Flying Pigs Farm, at the Union Square Greenmarket) with walnut butter, breadcrumbs, and parsley (adapted from Mimi Sheraton’s The German Cookbook), served with oven fries seasoned with ground coriander (the simple recipe is from Bon Appetit) using Red Adirondack potatoes, also from Union Square Greenmarket cheese course: two Spanish cheeses, Valdeón (blue)…