From the category archives:

Pasta

Romanesco

November 19, 2009

Despite looking like something from Deep Space Nine Cardassian cuisine, this spiral-studded vegetable has been growing right here on Earth for a few hundred years. Romanesco, or Roman cauliflower, might look strange, but its taste is very familiar — a gentle cross between broccoli and cauliflower.
When I saw it at the Farmers’ Market a couple [...]

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Quick Fresh Tomato and Herb Pasta

November 11, 2009

Bet you thought I was done with the fresh tomato recipes for a while.
So did I.
But I was given some environmentally conscious, on-the-vine hydroponic Ontario tomatoes (say that three times fast!) at the Royal Winter Fair and I just couldn’t bear to toss them in a salad. With some stoic herbs still toughing it out [...]

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Fried Green Tomato Parmesan

September 29, 2009

The deed is done. I have picked all the tomatoes, uprooted the plants and put the garden to bed.
I’d like to think the tomatoes didn’t want to go any more than I wanted to remove them. I had ambitious plans to deal with the garden on Sunday. But it was unseasonably hot and muggy. After [...]

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Garlic Scape and Fresh Herb Pesto

July 7, 2009

Yesterday I issued a plea for ideas of what to do with garlic scapes. The answers rolled in. I heard from people via Twitter, Facebook, email and the comments section. Thank you all. I was thrilled with your response.
Of course, with so many great solutions to choose from, I left my decision until late in [...]

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Italian Week – Spaghetti and Meatballs

September 19, 2008

I don’t have a drop of Italian blood in me. Fortunately, Debbie does. And with typical Italian generosity, she shares her family’s spaghetti and meatball secrets. It’s a true family recipe, not one ripped from the pages of a magazine and incorporated into family lore over time. How do I know? Until earlier this month, [...]

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Viva Italia

July 10, 2006

No one in our neighbourhood could have missed the fact that Italy won the World Cup yesterday. We live a couple of blocks from the Italian-Canadian Club who were hosting their Italian Festival during the soccer finals. The horn honking and flag waving started almost immediately after victory was declared, and went on for hours, [...]