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Eataly Coming to New York: First Look
I WAS WALKING ALONG 24th Street last week and peeked in the window at Eataly, the 50,000-square-foot food hall Mario Batali is opening with...
Basia HellwigAugust 25, 2010
RECIPE: Watermelon and Tomato Salad
I WAS SORRY TO HAVE MISSED NEW AMSTERDAM MARKET in NYC this Sunday. The only consolation was that I was actually in farm country enjoying...
Basia HellwigAugust 23, 2010
Enough with the Ratatouille. What’s for Dessert?
I’d like to say “a plate of figs” but that’s the kind of answer that apparently can lead to culinary combat. (After taking pot...
Basia HellwigAugust 20, 2010
RECIPE: Briami, or Greek Vegetable Casserole
BRIAMI IS ONE OF MANY ratatouille-like dishes found around the Mediterranean, each with its own distinctive taste and slight variations of ingredients. Served with...
Basia HellwigAugust 16, 2010
Ratatouille By Any Other Name…
When you talk about a Mediterranean diet, it’s hard to imagine that 20-plus countries bordering one sea could have anything identifiable as a...
Basia HellwigAugust 16, 2010
Another Salvo in the Ratatouille Skirmishes
Salon is reigniting the Great Ratatouille Debate. Is it a simple “what-the-hell-are-we-going-to-do-with-all-this-stuff kind of [stew],” as writer Francis Lam puts it (and was...
Basia HellwigAugust 9, 2010
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