pasta

penne with bitter Thai eggplant

January 19, 2010

The guy selling me this lovely bitter fruit at the UN Plaza Farmers’ Market swears that it’s called Thai eggplant. I don’t know. It reminds me of a bitter vegetable that’s very popular in Minas Gerais, my home state in Brazil. There it’s called giló or jiló, which sounds like “jell-o” in English. Yeah, I [...]

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fusilli with spicy Thai peanut sauce

December 24, 2009

My friend, Kristen, moved into her new house a few weeks ago with her, now, long-time boyfriend, Y. Last Saturday we finally got the chance to see her new pad at her house warming party. Finally! She disappeared from our radar for several months on her quest to find the ideal home. Naughty girl We [...]

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penne in cauliflower sauce

December 7, 2009

I came across this recipe in a Marcella Hazan cookbook while browsing through the new Tyler Florence Shop on our recent excursion to Mill Valley. I’m always looking for new recipes for pasta. This cauliflower dish appealed to me too as I often struggle with this vegetable. How do you make it taste interesting and [...]

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orecchiette with broccoli rabe

December 2, 2009

I think I had broccoli rabe for the first time at my friend Susi’s house in New York City in the early ‘90’s when I first migrated to the US. Susi has always had amazing parties at her place and the food is always fantastic. Thanks Susi and Merrith for being our friends! Too bad [...]

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mac’n’cheese for adults

November 24, 2009

This is the first recipe that I ever learned. Mac’n’cheese seems to have always been a popular thing with kids, though I couldn’t stand the stuff from the box. But the homemade was something completely different. I loved it and was constantly asking for it. My mother eventually got tired of these endless demands so [...]

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almost vegetarian Pad Thai without the wok

October 6, 2009

Cooking Thai food without a wok or a high octane burner can be tricky! After we moved from NYC to San Francisco we sort of stopped using our wok for cooking Asian dishes. It had a round bottom and did not sit well first on the coils of our ancient electrical stove in our Eureka [...]

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linguine with harissa, chick pea, mushroom and spinach

September 17, 2009

Harissa is a spicy chili paste commonly associated with Moroccan cooking but it is widely used all over North Africa. Harissa is made with hot chili peppers, sweet peppers, tomatoes, preserved lemons, olive oil, salt, cumin, caraway, coriander and other spices. The flavor may sometimes vary, depending on the brand you buy. When you taste [...]

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penne with Hangar 1 vodka sauce

August 7, 2009

Jasmine’s gone back to school lately. Good for her but too bad for the weirdcombos world as all of this added homework gives her less time for blogging! Just because she’s busy doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have time for a good time with food and drink. Prof. T’s away on business in Japan this [...]

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fresh zucchini pasta

July 7, 2009

This is a simple pasta dish that takes about fifteen minutes to make and is always tasty. I originally got it from an Italian cookbook, maybe “Marcella Cucina,” though I can’t quite recall now. The original has a can of tomatoes in the sauce with the zucchini added at the last minute. Hegui didn’t like [...]

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spring onion, chive and feta pasta

June 27, 2009

This recipe is a variation of one I found in Marcella Hazan’s cookbook, “Marcella Cucina.” Hers calls for chive but no spring onion or olives. When I first tried making this in Astoria, I couldn’t find chive easily but spring onion was quite abundant. Spring onion alone is a little too oniony but chive alone [...]

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