Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Pasta”
(Update: For VDP No. 6, click here) Coronavirus Lockdown With most of us in self-isolation or even total lockdown, a VDP (virtual dinner party) is one way to catch up with friends and to continue to test your cooking skills. We have now had a few VDPs. Here is the link to the first of those: Virtual Dinner Party No. …
This continues on from Canada – Maritime Provinces! We had spent 11 days in the Maritime Provinces. It is worth a detour if you are fanatical about fresh seafood. We had excellent examples of lobster, clams, mussels and local fishes (mainly halibut and haddock). We came across three interesting recipes to try when we were back home. Pasta with Preserved …
Macaroni Cheese This is one of those dishes from the distant past. However, it was relatively late in the period for us as our family didn’t really discover proper pasta until the 1980s. As kids though, we were fully aware of tinned spaghetti, a rare treat on the occasions our parents could afford it. We didn’t call it pasta and …
(This post is based on an article we wrote for Club Marine magazine in 1997. Use the Print button at the top of this page for a hard copy or pdf of the recipe in this post.) At this time of the year – late summer in Australia – you may have plenty of tomatoes and basil in your garden …
Continued from Europe 2016 – Part 7. Genoa – An outstanding food destination The food, produce and restaurants in Genoa, and the region of Liguria, are remarkable by any standard. Any visitor will notice how eating is such a natural part of Genoese life, with a food culture driven not by mass tourism but by a discerning and engaged local …
(Continued from Tomato Sauce – Italian Style) As well as an abundance of herbs and tomatoes, you may well have an abundance of cherry tomatoes. And maybe you also have a surfeit of figs! Below you will find two simple but excellent Italy-inspired recipes: grilled cheese-stuffed figs and a pasta sauce using cherry tomatoes. Three years ago on an extended …
