Friday Recipe: One-Pan Pork Chops with Potatoes and Sweet Cherry Peppers
Tired at the end of a long day? You can make this full-flavored dish in one pan in less than 30 minutes. Easy to make and an easy clean-up too.
Tag: cooking
Tulare Giant Plum Crostata
We’re nearing the end of summer and the plums have been superb. I wanted a final plum celebration to tide me over until next season.
Friday Recipe: Tomato & Onion Focaccia
The tiny tomatoes glistened like jewels. They inspired a gift to celebrate late August in San Francisco–a red and gold cherry tomato and young onion focaccia.
Hotness Challenge – Macaroni with a Baby Back Rib Sauce
Calabrians love hot peppers that make their food zesty and memorable. How many drops can you take?
Village News–More New North Beach Restos & Shops
It’s an exciting time to be in North Beach–lots of new places opening in the Village.
Friday Recipe: Belly-Button Ricotta Gnocchi in a Sage Burnt Butter Sauce
The rising popularity of the potato gnocchi video promtped me to share a simpler gnocchi recipe using ricotta to make the dough instead of potato.
Little Scaloppine Bundles
These little bundles are sometimes called scaloppine “rollatini” (little rolls with a filling) or scaloppine “ripieni” (stuffed).
10 for 1 – Super Versatile Scallopine
At least 10 different dish variations are possible from this one veal cutlet recipe.
Spaghetti Pie
So I had some spaghetti with basil pesto left over from last night’s dinner. Boy-oh-boy the next day it’s breakfast–a spaghetti pie.
Basil Pesto–The Genoa Way?
Just a few ingredients and you’ve got this pesto in 10 minutes. Use it to dress fettuccine as they do in Genoa (they call the dish trenette) or with spaghetti as I did this time.
Romano Bean Salad
Gotta love this time of the year when so many fantastic vegetables are in season. Romano beans (aka Italian flat beans or pole beans) are aplenty.
10 Minute Mussels & Clams
A basic recipe from Campania that you can have as I make it here and eat in 10 minutes. These quickly steamed cozze e vongole (mussels and clams) are just out of the Bay of Naples, pristine and briny.
Zucchini, Potato, Onion & Tomato Stew (Ciambotta)
A fan reminded me that zucchini is overflowing the garden, so how about two Friday Recipes to cook this prolific summer vegetable. Gagootz is an Italian-American word for zucchini. It derives from the name of an Italian squash cucuzza.
The Boats Are In!
A man can only be confined to the concrete jungle for so long. I needed a break from the city. I boarded Amtrak at Penn Station for the 3 hour ride up the coast to Rhode Island, looking forward to a week on the beach before heading back to San Francisco. A special dinner with friends at their beach house was on the schedule.
Village News: North Beach Labor Day & Gianni’s Best Burger
The purple fingerling potatoes are for a salad and the heirloom, cuke and onion for another. Sweet white corn may end up on the Labor Day table.