I have always been easily influenced by cooking and food-related shows. This started when I was in graduate school and my flexible schedule allowed me to watch Food Network when I should have been working on my master’s thesis. I’d see a recipe prepared on air and immediately decide to amend that night’s dinner plan, [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Pasta category.
Tackling the List
Cross another one off the list of restaurants I need to try before my bun exits her oven. Corey and I recently joined our friends Sharon and Will for a meal at Farina, which focuses on Northern Italian cuisine. I’ve always wanted to try Farina, and was even more intrigued when my friend Francesca – [...]
Where the Rest of Us Shop
That bunch of basil is bigger than my head. I only paid a dollar for it. If you find this as exciting as I do, this post is for you. Most San Francisco residents and tourists are aware of the culinary splendor of the Ferry Building and its Saturday farmer’s market. It really is a [...]
Make It Yourself: Cacio e Pepe
I don’t see myself (or you) standing over a stove making your own marinara sauce on a random Tuesday night. That’s definitely more of a weekend project, isn’t it? If I eat pasta on a random Tuesday night, it’s likely to be jarred sauce that I’ve spruced up with a few veggies and dried herbs. [...]
Brie for Me
When my friend Tina featured this recipe on her blog, it threw me for a bit of a loop. Brie? In pasta? When I eat brie, it’s smeared on a cracker, embedded in a sandwich or – the preferred method – baked in a deliciously buttery puff pastry. It feels like fancy, special occasion cheese, [...]
