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  1. Grilled Vegetables with Grape Tomato Vinagrette
    We love our grill marks don’t we? Whether you are a charcoal or wood-burning purist seeking that elusive perfect heat and glow, or content to… MORE »
    Grilled Vegetables with Grape Tomato Vinagrette
  2. Elevated Eggplant: Caponata
    Food, like music, can be an instrument of time travel. The notes of a particular refrain, the four or five bars of intro to a… MORE »
    Elevated Eggplant: Caponata
  3. Basic Tomato Sauce
    This quick preparation is adapted from Nancy Silverton’s, Mozza cookbook. I used as the foundation for the braising sauce for the meatballs you see here.… MORE »
    Basic Tomato Sauce
  4. My Oh My Meatballs
    Meatballs are the new cupcake. Restaurants devoted entirely to the sphere have sprouted in NYC and in every major city, and high-profile, upscale restaurants have… MORE »
    My Oh My Meatballs
  5. rao’s penne vodka and cookbook giveaway
    I must ask your patience, I dropped my camera, while grabbing it with slippery fingers and my wonderful Macro lens that allows me to take… MORE »
    rao’s penne vodka and cookbook giveaway