🍽Simple recipes, travel, and restaurant reviews blended to a juicy narrative…
Some of the fondest memories of my young life include evenings spent with family and friends dining by candlelight for hours at Cecilia’s farm in Southern Italy. A true Baroness and always gracious hostess, ever-enterprising Cecilia turned her water buffalo (as in mozzarella di bufala) estate into a thriving agriturismo, or farm-inn. I was fortunate... Continue Reading →
There isn’t a summer barbeque or family get-together I can recall that somebody didn’t bring their “famous” baked beans. They were always slightly different, some with onions, some had vinegar or ketchup-y notes, but they always disappeared. Growing up just an hour’s drive north of Boston, baked beans are ubiquitous. They are a part of... Continue Reading →
I fell in love with cold sesame noodles sitting cross-legged in my pajamas on the floor of my freshman year dorm. The almost weekly ritual of “ordering Chinese” found new friends lining the long hallways like ducks in a row, leaning over each other to steal an egg roll, pass packets of spicy mustard, or... Continue Reading →
CASEY KEY FISH HOUSE & TIKI BAR * 801 Blackburn Point Road, Osprey, FL Sitting on wooden barstools covered in a garish thick yellow vinyl, conversation was easy going with Aly, the only bartender on duty on this humid summer afternoon. When asked for their most popular drink, she didn’t hesitate: “Rum Runner!” After just... Continue Reading →
The joys of summer are best served…uncomplicated. Simple flavor profiles and almost impossibly easy preparations rule the dog days. Borrowing from the classic Italian combination of ripe, juicy melon and savory cured ham, these recipes will have you by the pool or in the gadern with friends in under twenty minutes. Midori, an almost retro,... Continue Reading →
Shaded from the relentless midday sun by a brightly striped awning just steps from the Rivera’s unmistakable rocky beach, a mere salad rises to ritual. The embodiment of the CĂ´tes d’Azur’s character, pulling the summer’s best produce and seafood into a crisp, bright dish, light enough to enjoy as a break from the beach. Crunchy green beans... Continue Reading →
Opened in 1990 by husband and wife team Ed Aloise and Claudia Rippee, CafĂ© Pavone, or “Pavone’s” as most locals referred to it was a charming restaurant set in an old brick mill just steps from the raging Merrimack River in downtown Manchester, NH. It was comfortable and totally unpretentious, but showed sophistication in both... Continue Reading →
These are the exciting, early days! You will no doubt notice as more and more articles are added to this delicious space every Wednesday afternoon that common themes will naturally emerge. As they pull towards each other, sections will form into solid categories, even chapters. So today, let me introduce to you one of my... Continue Reading →
Huddled in a quaint trattoria on what could be any side street, just steps from any Piazza and away from the roar of too many tourists, I find solace in a bowl of peppery pasta. Spaghetti alla Carbonara seems to be Rome’s official dish. Thick chunks of guanciale -- a type of bacon cured of pigs’... Continue Reading →
DISH...with Sean Brady 