I have noticed that the so-called great cooking experts are creating a violence against decent cooking that actually is surprisingly simple. They will add complexity for its own sake, add surprising taste sensations when none are needed. Among the unnecessary ingredients I have found are lemon juice, white wine, bottarga, various herbs and extraneous spices.…
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4 Pasta Recipes in 20 minutes
This is just a short post to let you know I made a video where I make 4 of the pasta’s I have eaten in my travels in 4 Trattoria’s. These dishes are extremely easy to make and I did the video with the help of Sarah, Jim and Larry. So if you have a…
Day 8: showing the girls Genoa (updated pix added)
Today I was showing the girls around Genoa. It is so beautiful they were duly impressed. Sarah passed a bag store and wanted this beautiful bag, it cost 200 euros. (I was actually relieved when she said a designer bag I was braced for 1,000s–not that she would have gotten it). So I was going…