Cooking Italy - Spinach Soup with Crostini and a little Spinach 101
on Nov 18, 2009This recipe is part of the cooking curriculum for Cooking Italy, a cook along group that cooks mostly from Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classical Cooking. It’s a group of friends and food bloggers who want to learn how to cook classic regional...

Cabbage Sprouts with Rosé Vinaigrette, Pomegranate and Apple and Cooking Red to Remember
on Nov 16, 2009Your first question might be what are cabbage sprouts? Don’t feel badly if you don’t know because, until yesterday, I didn’t either. My trip to the Nashville Farmer’s market always seems to pay off. I was able to purchase fresh lima beans, f...

Happy Birthday - I made you an Olive Oil Cake
on Nov 11, 2009I’m pretty sure the person this is intended for is going to read my whole post, so he will have to read to the end to see if this is for him. I over-baked this and He’ll understand what two things got in my way. But my little tester cake was perf...

Sweet Pea and Prosciutto Frittata
on Nov 10, 2009I confirmed something I suspected about Spinach Tiger. She loves to cook more than she loves to eat. While many of the food bloggers came to the Food Buzz Festival in San Francisco with a list of “must try” restaurants, as did I, my stronger inte...

Cooking Italy - Pasta all’ Amatriciana, Not Just Another DIsh of Spaghetti
on Nov 5, 2009This recipe is part of the cooking curriculum for Cooking Italy, a cook along group that cooks mostly from Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classical Cooking. It’s a group of friends and food bloggers who want to learn how to cook classic regional...

Happy Halloween - Chicken and Sausage with Muscadine Grapes or...are they Eyeballs?
on Oct 31, 2009I’m not as clever as many of my fellow food bloggers, who have gone over the top with crazy, scary foods and made me laugh out loud. Three off the top of my head include, Not Quite Nigella’s Green Witch Fingers, Macheesmo’s Bloody Worms of Doom...

An Interview with Giuliano and Lael Hazan
on Oct 29, 2009Cook book give away: I never set out to cook from a cook book. Spinach Tiger was going to be all about “creating” my own recipes, taking culinary freedoms mixing and matching ingredients and cuisines you’re not supposed to, like making Italian...

Cooking Italy: Pan Roasted Lamb with Juniper Berries
on Oct 25, 2009This recipe is part of the cooking curriculum for Cooking Italy, a cook along group that cooks mostly from Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classical Cooking. It’s a group of friends and food bloggers who want to learn how to cook classic regional...

Apple Galette Kissed By Rosemary
on Oct 23, 2009Call me old fashioned, but isn’t there something about apple pie that screams “here, I care about you or welcome to the neighborhood.” I often think that when a new neighbor moves in, it would be so wonderful if I showed up at the door with an...

Pumpkin Muffins and the Pumpkin Shortage
on Oct 21, 2009I thought I kept in touch with food news, because I do follow at least 500 other food bloggers on twitter, and more than that follow me back. We tend to share things that are going to affect our traditions like pumpkin pie made from Libby’s canned...