…In these heartier versions, the dish graduates to a full contorno or even a piatto unico or one-dish meal, accompanied by nice crusty bread and followed by a green salad…
Part II: Learning to Recognize Real Italian Food
…actually not. The so-called Italian salad dressing that comes in a bottle, for example, is about as un-Italian a product as one can imagine. The same goes for ‘Italian-style’ stewed…
Quick Note: Brandade Pancakes
…both sides. Served with a green salad and washed down with a crisp white wine, this brandade pancake makes for a quick and tasty lunch or light weekend supper! Post…
Fagiolini alla panna (Creamed Green Beans)
…simple green bean salad. Here is a less well known but perfectly delicious dish from Lombardia that I recent came across while perusing a little cookbook called La cucina lombarda…
Fried Catfish: A Southern Classic
…find a rice pilaf goes very well, followed by a simply dressed green salad. More classic accompaniments to fried catfish include ‘hush puppies’, deep-fried cornmeal beignets, braised collard greens and—what…
Rouxbe Online Cooking School
…how to cook pasta properly, to the basics of salad making, to how to sauté, braise, deep fry, poach… just about every basic cooking skill is here, clearly and carefully…
Pommes Frites: the original “French” Fries
…frites it’s better not to use those young yellow-fleshed, thin-skinned potatoes that you would use for a sauté, potato salad or gratin. Instead, use the larger, starchy kind that you…
Pasta con la cicoria (Pasta with Chicory)
…the more delicious vegetables. It is crisp and slightly bitter when eaten raw in a salad, while it develops a pleasantly soft texture and almost sweet flavor when cooked. Cicoria…