Chicken-Fried Steak & Garlic Mashed Potatoes w/Cracked-Pepper Gravy & Green Beans
Guido & Sophia Trattoria gave me a late Christmas present last weekend: A Cowboy in the Kitchen, a Texas-themed cookbook by Grady Spears. When I cracked the covers the very first time, it opened to page 32 and a recipe…
Christmas Eve Seafood 2010
We’ve always trimmed our tree on Christmas Eve. During our first overseas posting in the early 1980s, we started inviting single friends over to help us hang the decorations. Even though we’re settled down in Tucson now, we still invite…
The deMenthe Family Thanksgiving
The deMenthe family Thanksgiving spread included traditional roast turkey, smoked duck, stuffing, hot crescent rolls, corn casserole and tossed green salad (courtesy of our friend Poulet en Crote), green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy, and of course cranberry sauce. Ditalini…
Gee, That Food Looks Terrible
Fellow foodies, here’s something to warm your hearts — a Flickr pool of gross vintage food ads!
Ditalini’s Chicken Tajine w/Harissa, Artichokes, & Grapes
Ditalini’s branching out. Last night she decided to use our tajine pot for the first time, preparing a recipe she adapted from a tajine cookbook: Chicken Tajine with Harissa, Artichokes, and Grapes. To make the recipe she first had to…
Grilled Pork Loin Roast
A few months ago Ditalini picked up a marked-down 10-pound pork loin roast at the supermarket. No way could the two of us could eat anything that large, but it was too good a bargain to pass up, so we…
Rotisserie Chicken
This is really good: juicy, tender chicken with great flavor, and although preparation requires planning ahead, it really isn’t any work at all. As previously noted, Ditalini bought me an electric rotisserie for the new gas grill, and I used…
Salad with Grilled Salmon
Ditalini came up with this great grilled salmon salad. She makes the salad and dressing; I grill the salmon. Notes You can cook the salmon any way you like. We prefer to grill it. We leave the skin on the…
A Chef In Training
Our friend Poulet en Crote’s grandson is here for a visit, and it turns out the young man (who will turn 14 later this month) aspires to be a chef. So Poulet put him to work preparing an early birthday…
Saturday Night Cookblogging
Our friends Poisson and Canard came for dinner last night, so we put on the dog with a dinner of Scallopini al Limone, Fettuccini Alfredo, Fagioli Verde, and Insalata di Pomodori Cetrioli. Desert was from Safeway (chocolate mousse grasshopper cake). …