Plus Ça Change…
Eat local. Try beans. Home-grown is best. Serve just enough. The Meatless Monday campaign (see yesterday’s post) isn’t the first time Americans have...
Basia HellwigAugust 3, 2010
Meatless Monday—How About Vegetable Couscous?
INTERESTING PIECE ON NPR THIS MORNING about how meat played an important evolutionary role in making our brains bigger—and us smarter. (Cooking did,...
Basia HellwigAugust 2, 2010
Best Med Diet Dish at…Taberna [closed]
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN of small plates and making a meal out of a succession of appetizers so it was good news...
Basia HellwigJuly 27, 2010
Happy Bastille Day!
[caption id="attachment_1100" align="alignnone"]"L'Olivier" and "Méditerranée" tea towels made by Tissage Moutet, a fourth-generation weaving business located in Orthez, a town in the foothills...
Basia HellwigJuly 14, 2010
Lunetta Chef Rides for Cancer—and You Get to Eat and Drink
Only 11 hours left to register for this deal over at Bloomspot. Lunetta, in Boerum Hill, with its great Italian-Mediterranean menu, will offer...
Basia HellwigJuly 11, 2010
At the Farmstand This Week
Mediterraneanista has been traveling so there’s not much cooking or food foraging to report in NYC—but plenty of summer sights and tastes to enjoy...
Basia HellwigJuly 9, 2010
Lunch Karma—It Was Mine!
So Mediterraneanista was into her second day of hard labor at The Storage Room, the extra room of our Manhattan apartment that we...
Basia HellwigJune 19, 2010
Dinner Tonight: Ratatouille Niçoise
Summer vegetables are just beginning to appear at the farmers’ market—red peppers, zucchini, onions—and so my thoughts turn to ratatouille niçoise. I brought...
Basia HellwigJune 16, 2010
It’s All Greek to Me
When I visited Titan Foods in Astoria last week, I also stopped by United Brothers Fruit Market, a wonderful greengrocer (with great prices)....
Basia HellwigJune 15, 2010
At the Market This Week
Purslane, peppers—and peas! [caption id="attachment_1081" align="alignnone"]$3/bunch, from Bodhitree Farm at Union Square[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1082" align="alignnone"]Also from Bodhitree—perfect for making ratatouille (more on that soon).[/caption]...
Basia HellwigJune 12, 2010