pasta

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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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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