Let’s get this out of the way: some of you are going to think this is disgusting. That’s fine. You can think whatever you want. Some of us know better. In Sicily, they haven’t always had much to eat. But one thing they’ve always had a pretty steady supply of is sardines. Another is garlic. [...]
Here is a list of 20 things to make and eat when it is too hot to cook. 1. Balela — drain and rinse some canned cooked chickpeas and some black beans, mince half an onion or so and a couple cloves of garlic, roughly chop a big bunch of parsley, dice a few ripe [...]
The shrimp at the Asian supermarket this morning were nice, and the price was good, so I bought some. I had been hoping for mussels, but the mussels were not happy. So shrimp it was, a foundation for what ended up being a shrimp-centric meal. I shelled the shrimp and stir-fried them, in a riff [...]
Tagged ginger, greens, pickles, pork, scallions, shrimp, soupToday was hard. Our seventeen-year-old cat, Mrs. Calabash, was diagnosed with a sizeable abdominal tumor. Because she’s seventeen, and diabetic, and there’s not a whole lot to be done for her except keep her happy for as long as possible, that’s exactly what we’re doing. Fortunately she doesn’t seem to know or care that she [...]
Tagged arugula, citrus, fish, fruit, leafy greens, pickles, salads, wednesday's supperWe were in the mood to wallow in bivalves, and since they were on a very good offer at the market today, we did so. Quite happily too. I find mussels very restorative, especially when cooked with lots of garlic. This is an excellent dish to make at the end of a day that has left you feeling a little dented. It is vigorous in its flavors but light in its effect on the constitution.