Our 25/50 friends had the great idea, a while back, to celebrate a birthday while sipping wine and making homemade pasta. We blame them, in part, for this post — as well as the CQ and CK, who enabled this new love by buying us [...]
Pasta
Smoked Goat Cheese and Tomato Rigatoni
It has been an exciting weekend here in NYC for the two cooks. Z took a four day weekend and kicked it off with good wine, good food… and a diamond ring for A. The dinner was in the cellar of one of our favorite [...]
Asparagus, Cherry Tomatoes, Ricotta and Lemon Zest Gemelli
What do all of those things above have in common? Apparently, they are delicious when served together with some ricotta in a bowl of gemelli. This recipe is inspired by (ok, almost entirely shamelessly stolen from) Dinner: a Love Story. In fact, when we saw [...]
Category: Entree, Pasta, Vegetarian |
Tags: asparagas, basil, garlic, gemelli, lemon zest, parmesan, Tomatoes
Sausage, Mushroom, and Pea Penne
This is the brother pasta to Pea, Pea Shoot, and Ricotta Penne. One of Z’s birthday presents from the CQ and CK were spicy sausages from a local farm stand and just as A was craving peas, Z was craving pork. This recipe requires a [...]
Spring Pea Pasta
A is a big fan of peas. They make a great side dish to go with a meal, a fun addition to a main course — and or course are great to put on bruises when they are the frozen variety. Lately, when we’ve gone [...]
Roasted Pepper Rigatoni
This recipe is another one thanks to the CQ and is an all-around family home run because even the carnivorous CK and Z are satisfied with their meal. We had it with them on our last visit and then decided to attempt it ourselves. [...]
Whiskey Beef and Mushroom Sauce
We have had some bizarre weather recently. It has rained. It has snowed. It has been sunny. Sometimes all in the same day. It has been so cold we used our oven for heat and it has been a balmy 61°. The only thing [...]
The Joys of Cooking: Stuffed Shells
Last summer we did a blind wine tasting with two of our friends, using two bottles of wine, priced at $20 and $40. We had asked the guy at the Eataly wine shop to pick out the absolute best wine within each category, bag them [...]
Batali’s Butternut Squash
We’ve been trying to make use of all the winter veggies out there. We recently made some good brussels sprouts dishes that we will write up soon, but for today we want to post on the pasta below. We’ve made it a number of times [...]
Simple Tomato Sauces
People don’t often order the spaghetti with tomato sauce at a fancy restaurant, but when Z’s friend Diana says to, you should probably follow suit. We were too taken by the description of some other dishes and ordered pumpkin ravioli and rabbit ragu. Oops. In [...]
Category: Appetizer, Pasta, Sauces and Dips, Vegetarian |
Tags: butter, garlic, red chili flakes, Tomatoes
The Sunday Blues
We all get this sometimes, right? Whether it is due to a hurricane let-down or a daunting week ahead at work, Sunday evening rolls around and you need a cure for the blues. We combat the Sunday blues with some kitchen-time. Sometimes this translates into [...]
Category: Beef, Entree, Entree, Meat, Pasta, Vegetarian |
Tags: beef, Food and Wine, Mushrooms, Orangette, Pasta, Pioneer Woman, Vegatarian Entree
BBQ Chicken and Summer Pasta
When the cooking world is your oyster, the question “What should we have for dinner?” is simultaneously thrilling and daunting. The follow up question: what are you craving? Zach: Chicken and BBQ sauce. Amanda: A light summer pasta. Typical. But that’s what we got. We turned [...]
Category: Chicken, Entree, Entree, Make Ahead, Meat, Pasta, Vegetarian |
Tags: basil, BBQ sauce, chicken, garlic, parmesan, roasted peppers, Whiskey
Pea and Leek Pesto
Our first summer together was spent packed with dinner dates — ones where we were getting to know each other, but also ones where we were getting to know each other’s friends. But Zach was paying off grad school loans and Amanda was still on [...]
Mac and Cheese with Kick
We figured that after a weekend of camping indulgences we should probably either finish the noodle salad left-overs or detox with some healthy food. Unfortunately, neither option appealed for some reason. We wanted to: 1. Cook something new 2. Without going food shopping 3. It [...]
Category: Entree, Pasta, Quick Meals, Vegetarian |
Tags: buttermilk, cheddar, cheese, mac and cheese, parmesan, sriracha sauce
