We normally eschew fancy kitchen gadgets in our food appreciation classes in favor of making food by hand. But I make an exception when it comes to pasta simply because cranking the pasta machine and cutting noodles is so much fun. It really focuses the kids’ minds. The classes whiz by. This week I brought […]
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How do you tempt kids off the playground on the last day of school? Tell ’em you’ve got fettucine Alfredo waiting for them in the multi-purpose room. Legend has it that this dish was named after a Roman restaurateur–Alfredo Di Lelio–who used it to keep American tourists coming back. It may be the most decadent […]
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More than anything, this post is an excuse to publish photos of the gorgeous dessert–or rather cheese course–put together by two artist friends of our friend Bob when we visited them for dinner in their home in a tiny village high in the Pyrenees. Ilianne and Gerald settled there originally years ago to start a […]
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