Braised Boneless Short Ribs with Leeks and Mushrooms
Braised Boneless Short Ribs with Leeks and Mushrooms
Restaurants in Rome; Il Fico and Hosteria Da Nerone
Rome abounds with fantastic restaurants. Toss a coin over your shoulder (a la Three Coins in a Fountain) and you are liable to hit a decent one. On the other hand, like most cities with an abundance of tourists, there’s…
How to Make Fresh Ricotta Cheese plus an Easy Pasta Recipe
How to make fresh ricotta cheese plus a recipe for an easy Pasta With Marinara and Fresh Ricotta.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Ice Cream
A recipe for a decadent chocolate peanut butter ice cream.
Food in Saigon Vietnam-Days 12 and 13
Day 12 Following in Bourdain’s Footsteps After a sobering hour at the War Remnants Museum, we head for lunch at a place listed in my notes; Bac Hai (25 Ng The Minh Khai St) famous for its Pho and featured by…
Food in Saigon Vietnam-Day 11
Day 11-Saigon Cholon Market is the largest indoor market in the Chinatown area of Saigon. We went there with our friend Lori and some local young people she’d been put in contact with before we arrived. We thought this would be similar…
Food in Saigon Vietnam-Day 10
Day 10-Saigon Thanh Binh (140 Le Thanh Ton) is in a narrow storefront room, opposite the market, brightly lit with fluorescent lights and filled with formica tables. But we’re not here for the decor, we’re here for the food. We order goi…
Makin’ My Own Bacon
How to make your own bacon or pancetta.