Pasta with Smoked Salmon & Peas in a Dill Cream Sauce
We had a good amount of crème fraîche leftover from the Chicken and Artichoke Fricassée with Morel Mushrooms recipe, and as we were fairly new in cooking this particular ingredient, we were a bit stumped as to what to do with it. As the expiration date loomed near, I started searching all over the internet … Continue reading
Our Thanksgiving Eve Dinner!
I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving and ate delicious food to your stomach’s content! For Natalya and me, it’s a bit too far to fly home to California for Thanksgiving (plus we work on Friday) so for the past few years, we have just stayed in New York. We decided to host a Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Another recipe from the Essential Mediterranean Cookbook (newest edition here). The name “puttanesca” is a derivation of the word puttana which means “whore” in Italian — so this dish is literally called the “whore’s spaghetti.” This is a spicy and salty Southern Italian dish invented in the mid-20th century. There are many accounts surrounding the … Continue reading
Strawberry Orange Pasta Salad
I first tried this at my cousin’s place; she had made it for her son’s 7th birthday party in August. It was a fantastic summer pasta salad and a crowd-pleaser amongst the picky kid eaters and adults alike. It tasted very refreshing and the combination of mandarin oranges and strawberries was great! Ok, so the … Continue reading
Tuna Pasta Salad
I think of pasta salad the same way I do of fried rice; a way to get rid of random leftovers in your refrigerator. After making a ginormous pot of chicken noodle soup (also a great way to make full use of a chicken carcass), I had some leftover vegetables and cooked pasta. Normally, I … Continue reading
Spaghetti and Meatballs
On top of spaghetti, All covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball, When somebody sneezed… – Tom Glazer (1963) Oh what an epic tale of a lost meatball in the form of a ballad… there was no point to that, I just had the song in my head. Anywho, classic Italian-American dish: spaghetti and … Continue reading
Shrimp Scampi with Linguine
The first time I made shrimp scampi pasta was with my friend Susie, and I was amazed by how quick and easy this dish was to make! We simply sautéd garlic and onions in butter, poured in half a bottle of 3 buck Chuck white wine, threw in some frozen shrimp and some spinach as … Continue reading
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