Pasta alla Norma
Back in 2011 our friends honeymooned in Italy and returned with a present for us: "The Cuisine of Italy." We're not sure why we deserved a souvenir from…
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Vodka Sauce
This is a bit similar to our Alfredo post, and for good reason: both of these sauces and their accompanying indulgent meals came about during a…
Fettucini Alfredo
This recipe for Alfredo sauce, and the Vodka sauce recipe that will follow shortly, is partially in honor of Z's Hawaiian uncle. We were Skyping with…
Homemade Ravioli
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,…
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Aloo Ghobi Chana Masala
We should start this post by acknowledging the reason we made this recipe. One of our incredibly inspiring best friends chose to run the NYC Marathon…
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Minestrone-esque Soup
We love living in New York City. This place has everything you could ever dream of and more -- a thousand-million-billion restaurants (where else can you…
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Thai salad with plum dressing
Having one of us on a teaching schedule is awesome (more awesome for one of us than the other - but still awesome all the way…
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Barley and Vegetable Soup
The fall brought a new season of veggies, a new year of school (for A), and a new season of colds (for all). Blame it on…
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Portobello Burgers with the CK and CQ
We spent a 4-day weekend in July with A's family -- playing cards with Gram (who turns 99 in a month), cleaning the basement, making trips…
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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,…