Category Archives: what’s for dinner

Local Dirt

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Appetite for Books

Here’s how it started with this book. At first I thought, sure, eating local is easy if you live and work on a farm, But as I flipped through the seasonal recipes I remembered those few leaves of kale and … Continue reading →

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Feast of the Seven Fishes

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Appetite for Books

I like reality that tastes like bread. Jean Anouilh Enough with the jokes about garlic and overeating. Its time to recognize Italian home cooking, Italian-American cooking, not as coarse overabundance but for its subtle sparking of flavors, its seasonal sensibility, … Continue reading →

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Bruce Moffett Cooks

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Appetite for Books

…a good meal in troubled times is always that much salvaged from a disaster. A. J. Leibling Bruce Moffett, at his restaurants, and in this book offers good meals that will calm and comfort in thee troubled times–Sweet pea Risotto … Continue reading →

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Baladi–Palestine

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Appetite for Books

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: Even the simplest food is a gift. Laurie Colwin This is the food of … Continue reading →

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Eataly: All About Pasta, A Complete Guide with Recipes

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Appetite for Books

Life is a combination of magic and pasta. Federico Fellini And there’s nothing magic about making pasta. Once you’ve learned a few techniques that work for your pots and your kitchen, you can make delicious pasta from almost anything. But … Continue reading →

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Happy Fourth!

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Appetite for Books

and Happy Summer! Enjoy local produce and some American history with Bread & Beauty!

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The Galloping Gourmet

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Appetite for Books

An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed. A. J. Liebling I was once at the Smithsonian Museum of American History’s exhibit on Julia Child’s Kitchen where I overhead one teenager describe Child to … Continue reading →

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Souk, Feasting at the Mezze Table

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Appetite for Books

You have descended on your own people and have stepped upon the plains. –Arabic greeting That is, you are among friends in a land of plenty. And that’s the way this book feels, beautiful but fundamentally simple food, meant to … Continue reading →

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Risotto & Beyond

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Appetite for Books

Each month is gay, each season nice, when eating chicken soup with rice. Maurice Sendak Or when eating Risotto with Oysters and Prosecco, or Rice Tart with Prosciutto, or Rice Crespelle with Almonds and Organic Honey. John Coletta is the … Continue reading →

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Osteria

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Appetite for Books

They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman’s octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach. Luigi … Continue reading →

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