danithew | May 14, 2008
I was reading an article about the French and stumbled across a description of a food called “andouillette” that somehow caught my attention. So I checked out the wikipedia entry, which begins by saying: Traditional andouillette is made from the colon and the stomach of pig. In modern times, contents vary and normally contain intestines [...]
danithew | December 10, 2007
If you live in New York City and want fresh pasta, go to Raffetto’s at 144 West Houston Street. This is a store, not a restaurant – so you pick up what you want and then take it home to prepare it. When ordering you choose the pasta width you desire and watch them cut [...]
danithew | October 21, 2007
A blog about hummus … ummmmmmm.
danithew | September 17, 2007
Some very nice friends of ours invited us over for dinner on Sunday night. It was an unbelievably good meal. For dessert we each had a slice of one of the best pies I’ve ever tasted. They were kind enough to share the recipe with us. Here it is: Lemon-Blueberry Cream Pie Southern Living Cookbook: [...]
danithew | August 31, 2007
Recently I went out to dinner with some old friends and in the process was introduced to a dish I had never eaten before. It is a Spanish food called paella. It’s a rice dish loaded with cooked clams, mussels (still in the shell), shrimp and scallops – then to top it off – half [...]
