by Flora Caputo | Feb 20, 2010 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This sounds fancy, but store bought pesto makes it pretty easy. That being said, homemade pesto is pretty easy to make. It also keeps in the fridge for a bit as long as you have olive oil covering the pesto so it doesn’t brown. The olive oil acts as a...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 6, 2010 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I have felt the need to do this post for a while. I am constantly dismayed when I am at the grocer when talking to the “butcher”. I put the word “butcher” in quotes because these guys that are hired by the grocery chains are far from a real...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 1, 2010 | Recipes, Uncategorized
In the fall, we were at an Italian restaurant where I tried a Seafood Risotto made with farro. Farro is as whole grain as you can get. It is the whole wheat berry in it’s entirety, also called The Pharaoh’s Wheat or Emmer Wheat. You can cook it like rice...
by Flora Caputo | Feb 1, 2010 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This is a variation on a Charlie Trotter Cooks at Home Recipe that I made this weekend. I longed for a light, summer meal even if it is February, and this did the trick. I will tell you that I think this recipe would have been spectacular if it were Summer and I had...