I was going to call this sandwich the P.A.S.T., or even the B.A.S.T., figuring that pancetta is a bacon, albeit Italian bacon, coming as it does from the pork belly, the same cut that provides us bacon. However, I don’t think either acronym is going to catch on quite as well as B.L.T. has. Then… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Entrees
I think I’ll celebrate with ricotta forte
It feels good to be back. Comfortable. Like home. And to celebrate my return to the blog after a too-long two-week hiatus, I come bearing ricotta forte. A cheese unknown to me until yesterday. That’s right. Yesterday. This is a bit shocking, I have to say, for I am obsessed with cheese to the point… Continue Reading
Roasted Pork Belly
Cochon 555 was held last night in Boston to rave reviews. What, pray tell, isCochon 555, you may be asking? Wonderful, your curiosity, and I have an answer for you. It may take poetic license, this answer of mine, but please, do bear with me. Cochon 555 is an event that roams the countryside, searching… Continue Reading
Of lightning strikes, modems, and carrot soup
It came with such a loud crashing noise that I involuntarily shrieked into the phone and jumped back from the kitchen window. Through the cascade of heavy rain, came a burst of lightning so close to our house, so close to our barn, and glowing orange. A color neither JR nor I had previously associated… Continue Reading
Torta di Pasqualina: Easter pie
The description of Torta di Pasqualina in Anna del Conte’s Gastronomy of Italy makes me desire greatly to find a close Ligurian friend – one who wouldn’t mind my stopping by while she crafts her Torta – all 33 layers of hand-formed dough that it requires – and beg of her to teach me how… Continue Reading