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Megs and I have been talking about moving downtown (or ITB meaninng Inside the Beltline) for almost 3 years, but selling a house by owner is not the easiest of tasks. Nevertheless, we managed to get that ish done and we’ll be in our new diggs as early as this weekend. What can we all [...]
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You can deep fry, roast, or grill a turkey to golden-brown bliss but it inevitably fails in comparison to the rest of the thankful spread. It’s not only because turkey’s so boring, which it is, but because the sides are often the true labor of love. This is one of those recipes. The Tuorto thanksgiving [...]
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Ahoy’hoy. We’ve managed to fight off the yellow bellied, land lover trolls corrupting my beloved site so I apologize for the lapse in posts. I’m most saddened by the lack of an August Booze of the Month, an atrocious loss of control on my part but I’ll make up for it in September, pinky swear. [...]
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Once upon a time, in the bustling streets of Naples, there lived a pizza maker (or ‘pizzaiolo’). He was a master of his craft, sculpting dough after dough into paper-thin discs topped with only the best buffalo mozzarella and san marzano tomatoes. After hours of working the coal-fired oven, it’s tile-lined inferno burning his weathered [...]
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Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a chicken of wealth and taste…It’s as tho Mick was singing about spicy grilled chicken all along. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one to endorse a goat-headed, trident wielding, fire breathing demon from the depths of hell on a day to day basis, but today’s an exception. [...]
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Summertime, and the listening’s sleazy in the giusto kitchen. Not Paris Hilton sleazy, but straight funk sleazy with the windows down, speakers blasting, shades on and the grill spitting hot fire. All you need is a jet-cold beverage, a giusto grill recipe, and one of the following filthy albums for the gusto summertime experience (minimal [...]
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I hope you’re ready to be satisfied, because these two burger recipes are rising stars in the culinary porn industry just dying to make a name for themselves! I could rattle of sexually-charged puns all day, and I’ll throw a few in for sheer balance, but beyond the obvious bun & mayo jokes lie two [...]
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It’s going to take more than 30% humidity and a surf-wracked sunburn to keep my dinner off the grill this summer. I’ll wear a Phelps-esque body suit or water-cooled astro suit to get my hands on some tongs and hover over the red-hot grates of my trusty Q. I’m not embarrassed to admit most of [...]
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Alas, the evil trojan-horse-internet-malware-virus-monster has been eliminated and we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming here on giusto! Damn trollers have nothing better to do than hack my site…put down the red bull, remove your hand from your pants and try a treadmill ya bastards. On to happier things, more delicious things like grilling a [...]
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@TheFarmersMarket – April 2012
Welcome to another new GiustoGusto installment: @TheFarmersMarket. I try to visit the Cary, Raleigh, and Downtown Farmers Markets as often as I can, but I’d like to increase my visits so I thought a monthly post about what’s good and tasty at the market would help. Not only me, but you guys as well so [...]
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Ricky Bobby can kiss my ass, because placing 2nd in the Pork Experiment Competition this past Sunday was worth every second lingering over the fiery grill and roasting oven. After being reminded Thursday night by the events curators Theo and Nick, I spun my culinary gears hard and fast to come up with a dish [...]
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I’m not talking about bulging biceps or curvy apple-bums when I mention mussels. I don’t sport the guns, and while I do love some curves, these mussels are of the nautical variety. Cheap, sustainable, and outlandishly delicious mussels are a standard in the giusto kitchen. However, I’ve been told they intimidate many home-cooks and I’m [...]
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Muzzi in Caruzzi is my family’s ass-backward dialect for a classic Southern Italian recipe called Mozarella in Carozza. As the name implies, the Mozzarella is sandwiched in a “carriage” of battered bread and fried to golden perfection. To call it an Italian Grilled Cheese is like calling Coldplay a rock band. It may seem so [...]
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I love my job, I love everyone I work with, and I really love the fact that we take brewery tours together. Last week we took a stroll down the block to our friendly neighborhood brewpub Natty Greene’s and sampled some of their finest wares with the Brew Master Mike. Not a bad Tuesday really… [...]
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The moment I bit through today’s recipe, layered among thin slices of Sopressatta, Mortadella and milky mozzarella, I was no longer sitting at my dining room table. I was 8, curly black hair towering above my head, sitting at my Aunt Roe’s table biting thru the exact same sandwich surrounded by my cousins. We were [...]
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So long detox, I’m moving on to bigger and better things that include pork fat and fire. To be direct, what’s better than rich pork shoulder ground up with silky pork fat and spices shoved into a natural casing and roasted over an open fire? Not much, that’s what. If that sounds crazy to you, [...]
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Pork is an Italian’s best friend, that’s just common sense. In Florence, Porchetta reigns supreme as street-food king especially after chanting “Forza Viola” until your throat’s sore at a Fiorentino futbol match. This past weekend the Giants wooped up on the Pats in our country’s big football match, so Porchetta seemed over qualified for the [...]
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I’m planning a most righteous Booze of the Month report for Monday, so today’s post is more of a tribute to an even more righteous weekend soaking in what’s left of the summer heat. That’s right readers from out of town, it’s still 70+ in NC and we’re making the most of it, traversing across [...]
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While the State Fair is littered with greasy fingered giants ready to beach themselves on the next funnel cake stand, I ventured to the Farmers Market for a bite into something fresh. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll be at the fair this week for damn sure – Paulie needs his smoked turkey leg like last [...]
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Welcome back to the program everyone! It may have taken me 10 days to break thru this glass cage of emotion I’ve felt since leaving Kaua’i, but at least there are some most righteous stories and photos to share. This 2011 voyage back across the pacific was shorter than any of our previous adventures, a [...]
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This month’s edition of BOTM is sponsored by Nags Head, North Carolina. More specifically I owe this post to the Lilley family for hosting me 2-years running for a weekend of sand, surf, sun and southern classics. We had a few advantages this time as opposed to last year: Better weather, all be it inconsistent. [...]
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arth’s right folks, these shwings are hotter than Cassandra belting “Ballroom Blitz” in a tube top and no pants. To ramble back on track, a few friends and I had some incredible pizza at Cary’s Bella Mia who are quickly becoming legendary for their traditional Napoletano pizzas. The pizzas were perfect, but our starter [...]
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n cartoccio actually. In Cartoccio (or papillote as those beret-fanatics like to say) is nothing more than cooking some tasty ish in a makeshift bag. It sounds easy, but requires a delicate hand and a watchful eye as the ingredients can easily overcook and turn to bland mush. Fish and vegetables work best thanks to [...]
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alt, so simple but so important. It may seem self explanatory, but I’ve seen a lot of good dishes go down due to improper use of the essence of life. All salt is salt, NaCl, but not all salts are equal. By using specific salts for specific uses you’ll find your cooking suddenly seems…balanced, [...]
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oday marks 56 days until my family and I finally return to our home away from home in what seems like a century. Hanalei, Kauai, a quiet bay town on the north shore of Hawaii’s western most island transfixed my soul at the brisk age of 13. We were fortunate enough to travel back a [...]
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It’s been a crazy couple of weeks starting a new job opportunity, a trip to Staten Island, and toss in a car accident for good measure. That explains the delay in posting, but today’s post is in response to some recent questions. Friends and fans repeatedly ask for my favorite cook books, and I have [...]
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each weddings are awesome. Surf and sun during the day (tho not much this time) followed by tender ceremonies, relentless dance parties, and endless 24 oz PBR’s beach side…not too shabby. Our friends John and Rachel just got hitched, and tho I bet you’re cruising thru Cali wine country chugging vintage vino and overindulging in [...]
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t’s taken me a solid week to recover from what was truly one of the most entertaining weekends of my life. You see, last weekend a group of handsome individuals (and me) arrived in the great city of New Orleans to fulfill our bachelor party duties for our man LoafersSansSocks. What happened there after is [...]
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o celebrate the birth of one of my loveliest friends, Reckner as she’s often monickered, her fiance’ asked for my Hiromoto blade in culinary adventure. The task: to cater a small feast for Reckner and a dozen of her friends. The challenge was formidable considering I’ve never “catered” before, but I will do what I [...]
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eliz Cinco de Mayo muchachos. As promised today’s recipe is Mexican inspired, not Mexican at all I’d imagine, but inspired and laced with Meh-he-can flavors. Lets get to it: Chipotle BBQ Ribs 1 Rack Babyback Ribs 2 tsp Ground Cumin 2 tsp Black Pepper 2 tsp Chili Powder or Cayenne 1 tsp Ground Coriander 1/2 [...]
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Buona Pasqua…and Sun Poisoning
appy belated Easter chullos, or Buona Pasqua. My delay in writing today’s post was due to a night that will forever haunt me during moments of extended sunshine. You see, the Saturday before Easter Megs and I headed east for some much needed surf and sun. The waves were pumping, the water was just warm [...]
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t Casa Rustica, the restaurant I worked at fiercly my entire college career, our chef would often match grilled steak or chicken dishes with grilled romaine. I had never seen it before and the lightly charred, vibrant flavor of the lettuce always stuck with me. I’m surprised I haven’t done this earlier, but better late [...]
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osing control of your week is often unstoppable and unpredictable, even on your best weeks. The past few have kept Megs and I crazy busy with family emergencies and celebrations, band gigs, sports games, work schedules, yada yada yada… Through all the bustle it’s hard to catch a breadth, but come up for air one [...]
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appy St.Patty’s Day folks! In honor of the fighting Irish and their love for potatoes I thought a easy, quick potato dish would be appropriate. Plus, I got to use some of that flashy Lemon Thyme I was telling you about. We’ll be partying in high Irish fashion at Megs parents place tomorrow, piling down [...]
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r. Ian Malcolm couldn’t be more correct. He may have been referring to the artificial creation of 65 million year old dinosaurs to the shigrin of one John Hammond, but the message is simple: when given the opportunity (or no other choice) life will find a way to succeed. This weekend I was met with [...]
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hh, you thought I forgot didn’t you? No way Jo-Say, I’ve been waiting for this one. It may be cold as the dickens out but I’ve been downing this goodness at every family, friend, and stranger event I can manage to attend. Hit the lights! Piccolo Fiore Rosso di Sicilia Product Details: (Meaning Tiny Flowers) A [...]
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appy New Year everyone. Before diving back into recipes, reviews, and the like I thought I’d share my 2011 Giusto Gusto Resolutions. With any luck, and the off chance that I don’t procrastinate, the resolutions below will make Giusto more enjoyable for all of us. If you have any recommendations, problems, or words of wisdom [...]
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mell can trigger some incredibly vivid memories in the kitchen. What seemed like nothing more than an ordinary weeknight prepping dinner soon turned into dreams of swimming around La Marina Piccola off the shear cliffs of Capri. Lemons, herbs, ripe grapes and the salt of the sea! If only time travel were so easy… Here’s [...]
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ripes! Someone turn on the Barry White, pour a glass of courvoisier, and lower the lights because I’m about to go to town on these ribs. Woo. Is it hot in here or is just the grill? Enough with the foreplay, let’s wrap our hands around some luscious flesh and get to messaging….(cough) the pork that [...]
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Booze of the Month! – September
t may have taken 8 months, countless bottles, and endless discussions with some dizzy friends but the moment is finally here: Red Wine as Booze of the Month. And to drop your jaw even lower, this inaugural post is NOT about an Italian Red. I know. I’m shocked. Let me quickly explain: I haven’t met [...]
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he grills back on dudes. I refuse to believe summer is ending and I’m gonna grill myself out until the day it’s too cold to step outside (which in NC rarely ever happens). There are days when I look forward to hours of prepping. Turn the led up, make an apperitivo, and work on my [...]
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s promised, I’m back from the coast with some photos to make you uber jealous and a recipe to shove that jealousy back in my face! My original Beach Eats post was nothing more than a list of my favorite items to consume with my toes in the ocean wasting away the day in sunny [...]
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f all the words in my infinite vocabulary (and by infinite I mean minuscule) the one that fit my Nags Head weekend best was Stoked. I was stoked the week before I left. I was stoked on the car ride there talking food and guns with buddy Matt Lilley and his dad. I was stoked [...]
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don’t think God rested on the 7th day. It’s my guess that he (or she) was too stuffed on crusty bread soaked in the holiest of Olio Santo’s and simply too full to get off the couch and create some more mountains, animals, universes, and so on. This is merely an assumption, of course, but [...]
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hese Cucuzze are nuts! Besides being longer than my flipping arm, they’re multiplying like rabbits and we’re having to hand them out to neighbors, family, erotic gift shops, everyone! Lucky for us, however, we’ve become resourceful like the Southern Italians whose blood runs thru our veins, transforming every inch of every Cucuzza into something new [...]
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etween the Downtown, State, and new Bickett Market my kitchen creativity is being tested week after week. With products this fresh it’s almost impossible to leave the market completely content. I want every ripe tomato, baby eggplant, fingerling potato, and plump cucumber I can get my hands on. It’s a Festivus for the Rest’uvus! Last [...]
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y Nan… I can hear her now, exclaiming, ” Myyyy God” after tasting, well, just about any dessert she could get her hands on. She had the biggest sweet tooth, her and her mother alike, and it seems it was past down to myself as well. I can remember christmas celebrations with all of my [...]
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What do they call you, gladiator? Spaniard! Bravo Russel Crowe, bravo…Today’s post doesn’t have anything else to do with heroic gladiators or psycho Caesars, but it does have to do with Spaniards. A couple months ago we had some friends over for a weekend grill out and I decided to make a Spanish feast. I [...]
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It’s true, this recipe is Stupid Easy…like France’s first world cup game stupid (Boom!). Were they even trying? Anyways…the only thing you’ll probably have to grab at the store is the seafood, and even that is open ended. This preparation would be great for head-on shrimp, lobster tails, trout filets, even some really small fish [...]
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Following my recent review of a local Neapolitan-style pizza joint in Raleigh named Cafe Caturra I thought I would delve back into the world of A’bizz’ or Pizza for those unfamiliar with the Napolidan’ dialect. Pizza can take so many different forms, from the ubiquitous thin offerings of New York to the pie-like examples in [...]
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With all of these Kamikaze bees buzzing around my head, making me look like some crazed lunatic to my neighbors, I thought using Honey would put them in their place. There’s been a score of killer honeys on sale at the State Farmers Market . Varieties like Sourwood, Gallberry, Wildflower, or the jug of [...]
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This Calvin and Hobbes comic (bottom) sums up just how much fun me and a few of the guys had this weekend. While our firefly-sipping ladies were off dancing on bars and surrounded by phallic party chachkas for a friends bachelorette bash we spent our time memorializing the crap out of Raleighwood. Between the grub, drinks, [...]
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Ciao tutti. To round out this maritime week I have an oldy but goody from my personal recipe books. Oranges and fish make my palate party like an emo kid at a Fall Out Boy show. I’m not sure what it is, maybe the sweet yet acidic flavor of perfectly ripe oranges that plays so [...]
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We’re keep things nautical this week on Giusto with a couple more fish recipes. I’m going to make a bold statement and say that Grilled Whole Fish (of any shape, size, or variety) is my favorite meat dish of all time! Not my favorite dish, that’s pasta, but as far as protein on a plate [...]
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Topsail Island, How I Heart Thee
Topsail, a quiet retreat from the over-crowded, terrible tattoo infested Wrightsville Beach this time of year. Only a 30 minute drive from Wilmington (shorter if you exit earlier off US40) this secluded Island boasts a ginormous beach, over 4 miles long, with rolling surf, cool breezes, and plenty of space for a group of rowdy [...]
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Here’s another variation on an earlier recipe, Eggplant Parm. It’s summer (maybe not techinically, but when it’s 80 for a week straight it’s summer in my book) and I’d rather have something bright and refreshing rather than boiling hot and gut busting. The Valentino Basil I mention earlier this week was growing to epic proportions, begging [...]
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Welcome back tutti, I hope you all had a food filled weekend. First, in response to my previous post about America’s Next Great Restaurant: PSYCHE! April Fools! I thought I’d give you a few days to really soak it in, you’re welcome. No, I did not receive a call from NBC about the show, but [...]
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Spring love is in the air and this warm weekend was spent in celebration of our friends Rachel and John who got engaged on Friday. Congratulazioni you two! We all met Friday night for some drinks at Foundation in downtown, a brick-covered, subterranean watering hole with some very creative cocktails and local brews. Saturday, however, [...]
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Wine: my favorite alcohol of all time. It’s hard to put into words my affection for this most ancient of elixirs, especially red wine. The enjoyment I find in the smooth, aromatic complexity of a great glass of wine is second only to, well, this is a family friendly food blog for crying out loud [...]
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It’s been 3 months to the day (almost) since I wrote my Grazie NC post, which surprisingly has gotten the most reads out of any other post on the site, and my need for NC pork has been growing inside me like that thing from aliens. My best bud Timbo is in town from Florida [...]
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Notice the exclamation point above, this place is awesome. For those who don’t know, The Meat House has opened in Salt Box Village off of Kildaire Farm Road where some organization store used to be, not so organized eh? Don’t let the name fool you, this place offers much more than meat, but my god [...]
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Ciao tutti. I apologize for my week-long absence, but last week my family lost one of our most important members and one whom I’ve written of on numerous occasions, my Nan. The days seemed to drag on like weeks as family and friends stuck together in a time of despair, but I will try my [...]
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Welcome back to Booze of the Month. It’s almost the end of February and if there’s one brew I’ve drunken (yes it’s a word, the correct one too) more consistently and affectionatly it’s Simpler Times Lager. This may be a Trader Joe’s exclusive since I’ve never seen it anywhere else, and say what you will [...]
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Ciao ciao everyone. I hate to write two reviews back to back but I’ve been thinking about this specific one since Friday and want to share my thoughts. For those who don’t know, Buku is chef William D’Auvray’s new restaurant idea for downtown Raleigh focusing on Global Street Food. Chef D’Auvray was also the executive [...]
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Sorry Colts fans…it was a strong showing until the on-side kick…that’s not how you want to start a half. Congrats to the Saints tho. We ate, drank, and relaxed watching both teams bash each other’s brains out at our friend Rachel and Adrian’s place close to downtown Raleigh. I whipped up some mini calzones, but [...]
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Some green is what I need, dude! I’m trying to cut down on the spending a little this week so I can splurge on a meal this weekend, the answer: Frittata. Eggs-Cheap, Asparagus-Cheap, Salad-Cheap…this meal cost about $3 a head but tastes like a $10 brunch special at your local breakfast joint. Here’s whatcha need: [...]
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Today I’m starting a new series of posts called Kitchen Experiments. It’s a new category rather more than a new series but I hope to continue the experiments a few times a month, so we’ll see. Anywho, tonight’s dinner included one thing I saw on TV, one thing I saw at the store while shopping [...]
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Ciao tutti. Megs surprised me with a trip to NYC to see friends and family for my birthday this weekend so this will be my last post of the week. Considering the amount of Italian food I’m certain to eat over the course of the weekend I find it only right to leave you with [...]
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That’s a lie actually, my shifts at Progress have slowed down over the past weeks….but I know some people who work their ass off for the weekend so Megs and I met up with a bunch of them last Friday for a night of good eats and laughs. Among the many stops were Armadillo Grill [...]
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Grand Asia Market Part I: Durian – Snails
Happy Friday everyone. Today’s post is Part I in the two part series: Grand Asia Market. We have our own little China Town in Cary, but few people even know it exists. It may not be 20 blocks long or taking over the Cary Little Italy but it does have anything and everything you could [...]
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Book Review: Heat by Bill Buford
Reading has been a part of my life as long as I can remember. In grade school it was mostly fiction novels, find someone who knows more about the works of JRR Tolkien, I dare you! In college it was a combination of my school literature and historical texts: epic poems, DaVinci’s sketchbooks, etc…Now my [...]
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No one appreciates Escarol…or not many people I know outside my family anyways. This leafy green is like the shy kid in class, full of dreams but no one wants to listen….maybe that’s a little far, but it’s really really good. It’s flavor is mild but prominent, not quite as strong as swiss chard but [...]
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Sunday I found an organic skirt steak on sale at the local teet (grocery store, not boob) for $5. This ruby red glistening slab of meat looks like it would be stringy and tough as leather, and could be if cooked incorrectly, but when done right cuts like skirt or flank have more flavor than [...]
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Today’s interest is mushrooms, funghi. I’ve never been much of a mushroom fan, I’ve always made and enjoyed stuffed mushrooms, grilled portobellos and the like, but more often than not mushrooms are just not that appealing (to me anyways). I’ve only had stellar mushrooms a few times, once at an Asian restaurant where black trumpet [...]
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This is in no way an Italian recipe, rather my attempt at a Southern classic, but there’s a striking resemblance between these two seemingly strangers of cuisines. KISS. No, not the band, they’re terrible. Keep It Simple Stupid. That’s Italian cooking to me, don’t screw with the ingredient too much, let it shine on it’s [...]
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The kitchen is a regular concert hall, the bubbling of a pot of sauce, the snap of a fresh celery stalk, the crackle and pop when you add basil or rosemary to hot oil, the hiss of tomatoes hitting the hot pan (above)…music to my ears. Only thing better is the addition of a few [...]
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You’re so fine you blow my mind, hey fichi (clap clap, clap). Morning everyone. I’ve woken up the past two mornings with a stupid head cold, this morning was the worst so far so I needed a pick me up. Luckily we still have some leftover semolina bread Meg’s mom brought over for dinner Sunday [...]