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Archive for September, 2010

Yes, I know, you hear the word “risotto” and you immediately think “endless stirring” or “too difficult” or “not worth the effort.”   I am here to be you to tell you that none of these things is true. You can believe me, because I used to feel exactly the same way.  That was until I [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, April Bloomfield made a visit to the Today Show.  I meant to write a post back then, but for some reason that to-do fell to the bottom of the list.  As interest in her new, eagerly-anticipated eatery, The John Dory Oyster Bar in the Ace Hotel, heats up, I was [...]

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If you did not get to the 1st Annual Back to Basis Good Food Festival, you missed a deliciously good time.  The weather was beautiful (80 degrees and sunny), everyone was out and in a fantastic mood, and there was food, lots of fresh, local food prepared by some of the best restaurants and farms [...]

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This year, The FEED Foundation, established in 2008 by Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson to raise funds for the United Nations World Food Program‘s school feeding initiative, turned its attention to school food in the United States with the launch of FEED USA: FEED USA is a new campaign to improve school food all across [...]

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I am a fan of Giada De Laurentiis.  She clearly loves food, loves to eat, and always makes everything look easy.  And, without fail, her recipes are delicious. This morning, on the Today Show, she prepared three simple pasta sauces: Thyme butter sauce (served with any kind of ravioli); Vodka sauce (great with spaghetti or [...]

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The harvest is kicking into high gear.  I was at the Union Square Greenmarket here in New York on Saturday, and it was literally bursting with fruits, vegetables, and flowers (not to mention artisinal jams and cheeses).  There are so many good things.  The tomatoes are fantastic, so sweet they’re almost like eating candy.  Here’s [...]

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I am not Jewish, but I’ve always had a real appreciation for the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New Year, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.  The meaning of the holiday is compelling: to repent and atone for any missteps in the previous year, thus “closing the book,” [...]

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I caught bits of the Today Show this morning, the important bits that is, the food bits.  There were two cooking segments, the first of which was all about grilled meat.  I don’t eat red meat often, so when I do, it’s got to be great.  This recipe for Marinated skirt steak by the Food [...]

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