Risotto recipe: Shrimp Risotto With Peas
Posted on Nov 25, 2009 12:02:44 PM
Cheeseandpears is back, with a huge recipes backlog. The reason for staying away for so long is simple: I'm currently working on my plan to become rich, and as Bill Cullen would say, it takes time and commitment. Anyway, it's time for risotto. Seriously, do you know how to make risotto yet? I hear sometimes people ...
Potato Salad
Posted on Oct 6, 2009 06:41:44 AM
Here we are, posting about Italian food again after quite some time, with a very easy potato salad. Summer (sic) is gone and darkness, more than rain, is upon us. This means that from now until next March, all pictures will be taken in artificial light, in other words, they will be bad. The original potato ...
Bruschetta Recipe: Brown Bread Bruschetta
Posted on Aug 18, 2009 04:20:27 PM
My huge fan base has been complaining that I haven't been posting for a while. The truth is I haven't been cooking a lot recently, but this is only temporary, you'll see. In the meantime, check this super quick bruschetta recipe: brown bread bruschetta. I'm stretching the concept of bruschetta a lot here, as I didn't ...
Sicilian Recipes: Spaghetti with almonds and basil
Posted on Jul 22, 2009 11:13:10 PM
This spaghetti recipe is a sure shot, something to cook for your guests, who will be amazed by this sauce, and will ask you: "how did you do that? It's delicious." And you will say, in a casual I-get-that-a-lot manner "oh no, it's really easy, it just takes ten minutes." Except that it does. You can ...
Dublin Restaurant: Ely Wine Bar
Posted on Jul 17, 2009 05:29:13 AM
This post is about food review of a Dublin restaurant I went to last weekend. Should I quit my job at The Company and try to make it as a food critic? Someone at Ely bar wouldn't agree... Menupages.ie is a website where you can review restaurants, every review gives you points, that you can exchange with ...
Easy Recipes: Melon and ham | prosciutto e melone
Posted on Jul 7, 2009 05:37:28 AM
Another easy recipe: this dish is very popular as a summer appetizer, and just like with Cheese and Pears, is one of the few recipes where the name totally matches with the ingredients and the final result is as good as its ingredients. This usually works as appetizer, but it cam be a filling main ...
Risotto Recipes: Spinach Risotto with Walnuts
Posted on Jul 1, 2009 06:21:17 AM
The magic of risotto recipes has happened again: taking two flavors that you know they'll match (and walnuts, as it turns out, match with pretty much everything) and making a risotto out of them, even if you've never done it before. It's quarter end, and we're all pretty crazy down at The Company, so this time ...
Pasta Recipes: Sausage pasta with saffron
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 04:17:18 PM
Of all the pasta recipes, this is probably my favorite. My aunt Elia would be proud of me: this gnocchetti alla campidanese turned out really good. This one is a typical Sardinian dish (Campidano is a vast plain in the south part of the island), whose basic ingredients are sausage and saffron. If you add ...
Cookbook review: Bread: From Ciabatta to Rye
Posted on Jun 21, 2009 07:40:56 AM
I've had this cookbook Bread: From Ciabatta to Rye (for .co.uk click here) by Linda Collister for over a year now, but I haven't used it enough. As many do, I've got into the habit of sticking to the same 3 or 4 usual recipes. As the title suggests... the cookbook is about bread. It's divided ...
Mashed Potatoes Recipe | Baked mashed potato cake
Posted on Jun 14, 2009 09:18:09 AM
How do you get rid of 1.5 kg of spuds that have started to sprout in your kitchen? Bake a mashed potato cake. This mashed potatoes recipe is taken from Gennaro's Italian Year (for amazon.co.uk click here). The word gatò is of course the italianized version of the French gâteau. The original recipe uses a ...