Pasta

Pork Sugo with Strozzapreti

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Fall is one of my favorite seasons. The golden sunsets cast long shadows, vermillion leaves scurry around in circles carried by the brisk autumn breeze, and in the kitchen, it’s the season of slow-cooked melt-in-your-mouth roasts and home warming braises. Perhaps it’s driven by some primal nesting instinct, but as the thermostat falls, I yearn [...]

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Karasumi and Daikon Pasta

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It’s hard to believe it’s been two weeks since my last post. During that time, I took part in a weekend that included roasting a whole pig at a ranch in Sonoma were there was no cell reception or Internet access (gasp!). I cooked and photographed food for two cookbooks. And I’ve been floating between [...]

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Pasta Carbonara

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Pasta alla Carbonara is one of my favourite fall-back meals when there is nothing else to cook. All you really need is some dried pasta, cured pork, cheese and an egg to pull off a delightfully rich and satisfying meal. In Japan, パスタ　カルボナラ has become a staple of corner cafes and can even be found [...]

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Ramp and Scallop Linguine

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Linguine tossed with olive oil, ramps and scallops. Sometimes I feel like I blather on far too much about myself in the midst of telling you about my food adventures. Still, some of you have expressed an interest in learning even more about me and what makes me tick. I’m not one for navel-gazing, and [...]

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Pasta Fazool

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“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie… That’s amore“. This 50′s era hit is one of my favourite songs when doing karaoke. I always manage to get a good laugh out of my audience belting out this Italian American classic at the top of my lungs. I’ve always told myself they [...]

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Tarragon Tagliatelle with Sea Urchin Butter

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Being the carb fiend that I am, I love pasta. Being Japanese, I love uni . As I was mulling over what to make for dinner around 5:30 pm tonight, I stared into my nearly empty fridge, wondering what I could do with a flat of gorgeous uni that was staring back at me from [...]

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Pork Cheek Ragù

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After having the fantasic pappardelle at Crooklyn Improv, I found myself craving the broad ribbons of home made pasta. As I was contemplating the merits of different sauces that I could pair with my pappardelle, I came across We Are Never Full’s luscious Sausage Ragu. It had to be a sign. While many in the [...]

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No Recipes vol. 10

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After last week’s fancy schmancy v-day edition of No Recipes, we’re back down to Earth with this week’s lot. For those new to the site, these semi-weekly roundups are where I post all the things I made that didn’t get their own post. That’s not to say they weren’t good. Some are variations on things [...]

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