Pasta with Artichokes
Dear Reader, I have been remiss. I have not yet told you what I did with those wonderful artichokes I got at the Farmer’s Market a couple of weeks ago. In fact, it has been so long that I’ve gotten artichokes in the two subsequent weeks. To make it up to you, [...]
Market Watch: Artichokes!
There was a lot of great stuff at the Farmer’s Market today, but for the Market Watch column I had to go with artichokes, my favorite vegetable of all time (hence the exclamation point in the title). By the time I arrived, which was about 8:15am, they had been pretty picked over, but I [...]
Baby Artichokes Poached in Olive Oil
When I was in Rome last year I was disappointed with the food (I had better food luck in Florence). At one point we wandered into a small restaurant where for an appetizer I had carciofi a la romana, a traditional preparation of artichoke poached in olive oil. It was the highlight of [...]
Passover Cooking: Quinoa Salad and Fried Artichokes
I was excited to read the post on Gourmet Magazine’s website that quinoa is now considered kosher for Passover. It makes sense, considering what we learned on Bizarre Foods a few weeks ago — that quinoa is not a grain, but a grass. I had never cooked with quinoa, but there’s [...]
Papardelle with Artichoke Pesto
from a chowhound recipe.
i’m a sucker for all things artichokes, and when i saw this recipe i knew i had to make it. it’s deceptively simple, plus it gave me an excuse to use my new immersion blender (i used it once before on a disastrous squash soup — the blender worked [...]
