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 […]
Pumpkin Inspiration from Tunisian Jewish Cuisine
October 13, 2015 by 1 Comment
Tunisian Jews traditionally ate the same way as the Muslim population, that is, they ate little plates as part of a meze table, or what was called an ādū, a Tunisian Arabic expression for meze, an assortment of olives, relishes, pickles and prepared food served on small plates as an entire meal or to nibble. […]
Savory Ginger Pumpkin Mash, A Bit of Pilgrim Pride
November 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
There are basically three approaches to devising a Thanksgiving menu. In the first, the foods are typical of New England where the first thanksgiving was celebrated some 250 years before it became a national holiday with a capital “T” in the mid-19th century. In the second, families follow local and regional traditions. Or, if they […]
Middle Eastern Meze Bring Many Cultures to the Table
November 2, 2014 by 2 Comments
In the Middle East food is shared and one place it is shared is on the meze table. Meze are small samplings of prepared dishes that make a meal. They are not appetizers, nor tapas, nor hors d’oeuvres but are actually more philosophically related to the Scandinavian smorgasbord. Food is shared in another way. The […]
Pumpkin and Pasta? Now That’s Italian!
October 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Pumpkin is an ideal bland food with a distinctive taste. That’s a good thing because it means you have to do something to the pumpkin to make it palatable and delicious. Typically, pumpkin pie is a solution, but nowadays it’s going into all kinds of things from beer to cookies. Pumpkin is a member of […]
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