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Fūl Mudammas – A Levantine Arab Meze Par Excellence

February 11, 2019 by Clifford A. Wright Leave a Comment

This is a famous Lebanese breakfast dish and meze dish, although it is made throughout the Levantine Arab world. This version is very different than the Egyptian one, also famous, and called the Egyptian national dish, which is more like a soupy stew. Although most common for breakfast, Arabs will eat it at any time […]

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Minestrone alla Genovese – The Classic Minestrone

October 11, 2017 by Clifford A. Wright Leave a Comment

The famous Genoese-style minestrone is a very dense and satisfying meal. It utilizes both seasonal vegetables and the famous pesto alla Genovese, made of garlic, basil, pine nuts, and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. But, as the Italian gastronome Massimo Alberini has said, as good as minestrone is, it is not a gastronomic specialty but rather an elemental […]

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Sicilian Frittedda: A Riot of Tender Spring Flavors

May 24, 2016 by Clifford A. Wright Leave a Comment

In the springtime in Sicily a simply named dish reveals an explosion of flavor that belies its satisfying complexity. It is a dish special with spring vegetables — fava, peas, scallions and artichokes — and called frittedda (or fritedda). In western Sicily, where frittedda was born, it is served as a grape ‘u pitittu, a […]

Filed Under: Sicilian Cuisine, Vegetables, Zesterdaily Tagged With: artichokes, fava beans, fritedda, peas, scallions, Sicilian food, spring cooking

A Catalan Way with Fava Beans

April 6, 2016 by Clifford A. Wright Leave a Comment

As spring arrives and fava bean season comes with it one will see mounds of long thick green fava bean pods piled high at the farmers markets. Generally, they will be mature pods of about 6 to 7 inches long, but if you were to have your own plant one could harvest them younger. They […]

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Fabulous Fava for a Spring Pasta Dish

May 18, 2015 by Clifford A. Wright Leave a Comment

Pappardelle with Rock Shrimp, Porcini Mushrooms, and Fava Beans This extraordinary preparation is a special spring dish. In this case, if you can manage it, everything should be homemade and fresh, the pasta, the shrimp, the porcini, and the fava beans. That means you should be thinking of making this recipe in May. Now, if […]

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Leftovers Become Lobster Ravioli Pot Pie!

April 28, 2014 by Clifford A. Wright Leave a Comment

Somehow my youngest son years ago talked me into making lobster ravioli for his birthday every year. Then his brother and sister got into the act. Then their mother and so it becomes a big production. It’s fun as we have an excuse for a ridiculous party every year in late April. This year I […]