pasta

mustard sauce masala over black cod

September 3, 2010

Last weekend was Callie’s last spent with us. She’s now back to work in Charlottesville. She and Elizabeth were marvelous guests, and we hope that they’ll return soon. I enjoy have guests from out of town every now and then. This way, we can see San Francisco through tourist-eyes and often we’ll do things that [...]

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vegetarian Bolognaise ragu

August 17, 2010

I’ve been thinking about what to make from “soy chorizo,” that mystery product that Hegui discovered lurking on the shelves of Trader Joe’s recently. I guess it’s intended as a meat alternative. So what could be better than taking a stab at the ultimate Italian meaty pasta dish: Bolognaise ragu, or as we called it [...]

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spaghetti with shitake and trumpet mushrooms in cream sauce

August 6, 2010

Cold weather makes you want to gorge yourself on heavy foods, don’t you think? We’re having a cooler-than-average summer here in San Francisco this year. The high temperature has been hovering around the high 50’s to low, mid 60’s for the entire month of July and now into August. Yikes! For those of you used [...]

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spaghetti with Roman style tomato sauce

July 29, 2010

I love this dish. Hegui likes it even more than I do. As a result, I make it about once a week (and on that rare occasion, twice). It takes about twenty minutes to throw together, so it’s perfect on an evening when you’re harried or it’s late in the week and you’ve run out [...]

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tuna rottele pasta Niçoise

July 27, 2010

This salad is a take on Niçoise salad. I bought an expensive jar of tuna chunks packed in extra virgin olive oil and herbs the other day at “whole paycheck” in our hood. At home we had beautiful fresh organic heirloom carrots (Nantes, maybe?), French green beans, Dijon mustard you get the picture right? So [...]

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purslane feta pasta with fresh herbs

July 22, 2010

This recipe is a variation of spring onion, chive and feta pasta. I love the original. We have this dish at least once or twice a month. It’s very simple to make: you can whip it together in less than 20 minutes, all prep included. This time around I added fresh oregano and purslane as [...]

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spaghetti with tomato, chipotle in adobo, mushroom sauce

April 23, 2010

I’ve always struggled with chipotle in adobo simply because even if you use a tiny can, there are far more peppers than can easily fit in a single recipe. Since we don’t really think about it much, in the past, the remaining peppers have gone to waste. But that’s not a green practice, and we’re [...]

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wide rice noodles with Birjandi cucumber and pistachio sauce

March 19, 2010

The more that I delve into Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey, the more that I become fascinated. I’ve been focusing on some of the rice and grain dishes over the past few weeks, like Susa Polow with lentils, currants and dates; Fertile Crescent bulgar and mung bean pilaf; and Georgian pilaf with tart cherries. [...]

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soba noodles with pan grilled tuna and nori kizami

March 11, 2010

I love soba noodles. Last Saturday while looking at the stuff that I had stashed away in the pantry, I noticed a big package of soba that I bought a while ago at the Sunset Super and promptly forgot about. Earlier that same rainy day, we had been to Sun Fat fish market, but, oddly, [...]

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spaghetti with fiddlehead ferns

March 3, 2010

I got this recipe from French Women for All Seasons and have only been waiting for fiddleheads to appear in the market to make it. We were in luck last Saturday while revisiting the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market. There was a huge pile of fiddleheads at the charming mushroom shop inside the ferry terminal. I’d [...]

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