“Baby Blues” Potato Casserole

February 24, 2010

In his younger years, an ever perceptive George Carlin asked, “Where the hell is the blue food? Every other color is represented … Somebody’s got the blue food!” As we know, blue food rarely occurs in nature. In fact, blue is reputed to be the appetite suppressant of all the colors in the spectrum and, supposedly, a good […]

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“Nan” Pizza

February 19, 2010

Does nan-pizza have nan-calories? Well, not quite; however, I’m sure this one couldn’t have been that bad, calorically speaking, fresh and light as it was. We know that skipping breakfast is not ideal, but some days that’s just the way it is. Besides, a cup of coffee is all I need most mornings. That’s when a light […]

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Sablefish & Oysters

February 14, 2010

Rosaria and I made a blitzkrieg raid on Chelsea Market in Manhattan the day before yesterday. It was right after a big snowstorm and the streets of New York were, well, challenging to say the least. I dropped off Rosaria at the entrance of Chelsea Market while I circled around in the car. I got […]

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Can You Tuna-Burger?

February 7, 2010

Must have been something flashing on TV that unsuspectingly made me nostalgic for my outdoor grill.  Let’s face it, although grilling is a year-round activity for us 2GourManiacs, winter usage doesn’t even come close to our summertime sizzlers. So with yet more fresh snow on the ground I decided to grill something for dinner – the […]

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Butterless buttercream. Let them eat cake!

February 4, 2010

Last night, the reward for my dessert effort was Lewis telling me that he hadn’t had a piece of cake since he was thirteen: that was after he had just finished a large piece of butterless buttercream cake that I made for him for his birthday. As I’ve said before, and upon more than one […]

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Cold Night-Hot Dumplings

January 30, 2010

The first bite I took burned the roof of my mouth. Rosaria looked over at me as I quickly ejected the steaming hot crab and pork tiny bun from my mouth back into the cabbage lined metal steamer in front of me. I hate when I do that. Usually that happens to me when I eat […]

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Sidetracked by Sicily on my way to China

January 25, 2010

Well, not literally but in a culinary sense.  After much anticipation discussing various coobooks that I wanted, my daughter gave me Fuchsia Dunlop’s masterpiece Chinese cookbook, “Land of Plenty” for the holidays, among others.  As soon as I could get myself to Manhattan I headed for Chinatown and, armed with a long shopping list of some uniquely […]

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Putting Our Best Plate Forward

January 13, 2010

Both Rosaria and I have been a little remiss in the lack of posts in the past week. No, we haven’t been asleep at the switch or hibernating during the cold snap since Christmas, although it’s tempting. Actually, we’ve done something that neither one of us has done before: we’ve entered a cooking contest of […]

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The First Thing to do with a Lobster — Not for the Faint-Of-Heart

January 7, 2010

Like most things in the kitchen as well as in life, there’s the right way to do something and the wrong way. Take lobsters, for example. No matter what you’re going to ultimately do with these crustaceans, the first task is getting the lobster meat out of the shell, and that usually involves putting the […]

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Creative New Dishes 101: Asian Noodles

January 4, 2010

No matter how you look at it, Saturday night’s dinner was outstanding and resulted in quite a pretty food picture. The best part about it was getting creative with existing ingredients to come up with something new and refreshing; a reincarnation of leftovers, so to speak. Most days we all ask ourselves the age-old question […]

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