In my list of perfect meals, steamed mussels is always near the top. With a bit of wine, herbs, plenty of garlic, tomatoes, and fresh mussels an exceptional meal awaits. Keep Reading!
Category: Main Dishes
Cavatelli con Ceci Neri e Pomodorini
There is something intriguing about black-colored foods, perhaps, it’s because they are not something we get our mouth’s around everyday. Most commonly, there is chocolate, espresso, black beans and Beluga lentils, but even less common is squid ink pasta, charcoal bread, black garlic and black quinoa. Rarer yet are black chickpeas or ceci neri. Keep Reading!
Porchetta Pork Tenderloin
If I didn’t have your attention at “porchetta”, then you’ve got to keep reading. Go ahead, drool over the photos and imagine this succulent and flavourful pork tenderloin disguised as a laboriously prepped porchetta coming out of your oven in 45 minutes or less. Keep Reading!
Cannellini e Scarole
This very simple recipe produces one delicious meal. Cooking cannellini beans very gently in a heavy bottomed pot or casserole dish for several hours on the stove or in the oven, results in a taste that can’t be passed up. Keep Reading!
Simple Is Good: Ceci e Scarole (Chickpeas and Greens)
A staple on Pugliese tables Fave e Chicoria, a puree of fava beans topped with wilted chicory is a fundamental farm style meal that’s cooked in country kitchens from the hill towns scattered throughout Italy. Keep Reading!
What In The World Are Banana Blossoms & More Importantly, How Do You Eat Them!?
You know when you happen upon something unfamiliar and then you encounter it repeatedly? I called it serendipity or fortunate happenstance, but science has another term for it, the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. Mine is currently banana blossoms. Keep Reading!
Okra Gumbo
Today is Mardi Gras and there really is no better way to celebrate than with food. Without a trip to the grocery store I was able to pull together a Creole-Southern classic: Okra Gumbo. Keep Reading!
Paccheri al Forno
A classic Italian dish layered with love. This is a riff on Nonna’s infamous lasagna. I grew up on American lasagna made with cottage cheese, tomatoes, ground meat and Mueller’s lasagna noodles, the ones with the curly edges. It was good, until… I had my first taste of Nonna’s lasagna and American lasagna hit the back burner.
Farinata With Blistered Tomatoes, Roasted Baby Artichokes, Mushrooms and Aioli
Sometimes a slip of the hand creates a culinary perfection, just like, chocolate chip cookies, the upside-down French dessert, tarte tatin or Worcestershire Sauce. As history tells it we can add farinata to this great list of culinary accidents:
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Fried Eggs in a Spicy Tomato and Harissa Sauce with Crusty Bread
A quintessential meal to satisfy the appetite for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Healthy, quick and the perfect blend of spice to warm the chilly onset of Fall and Winter.
Fried Eggs with Spicy Tomato Harissa Sauce may become your new go-to comfort food!
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Seitan Shiitake and Leek Roast with Chickpea Gravy
Having had a successful first attempt at seitan I decided to venture from the cutlet onto something bigger—a roast, and a stuffed roast at that! I followed Isa Chandra’s recipe from PPK to a T and it turned out wonderfully. A nicely, browned, seitan roast stuffed with meaty mushrooms, herbs, and leeks. The roast solo is a bit dry for my taste so I paired it with Isa’s Chickpea Gravy, lending some moisture to the seitan.
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Barbecued Tofu, Black Beans, Pineapple and Basmati Brown Rice
I get a kick out of playing the game—let’s see what I can make out of whatever I find in my fridge and cupboard. I love surprises and this game typically results in amazement or more wine…. The game is to be played with loud music and an adult beverage of sorts. Tonight it was One Day the Reckoning Song and Grand Traverse Semi-Dry Reisling a pretty good mix!
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Meat-less Meatloaf Muffins Topped with Kale Mashed Potatoes
Finger food isn’t only for kids, grab ahold of these muffins and channel your inner-child! Fun to eat and tasty to pack and reheat for a brown-bagged lunch, you’ll be thinking of ways to minimize all of your favourite foods.
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Seitan Coriander Cutlets
I’ve never made seitan before much less knew what its ingredients consisted of. Upon research I’ve discovered that its simply vital wheat gluten, the natural protein (75%) found in wheat. Vital wheat gluten is known as the “meat” made from wheat, a vegan/vegetarian cutlet with the consistency of meat and the versatility of grilling, steaming or simmering.
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Tagine, Tajine
I am one who appreciates eclectic taste hence, identifying my love of collecting, antiquing and thrifting. It takes a creative mind to repurpose an item, see past the junk to seek out the gems and have an appreciation for the ‘hunt’. I enjoy antique shops, junk shops, estate sales, yard sales, thrift stores and great deals!
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Barbecued Oysters, Bodega Bay
A few years back my best friend and I took a road trip through Northern California’s Wine Country. After our fill of vineyards and vino we ventured along the Russian River until it emptied into the Pacific and headed back south along scenic Highway 1 to San Francisco.
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Table Without Borders 
