Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, folk history, Food, Greek Food, Lebanese Food, Recipe, Sahadi's Fine Foods, stuffed grape leaves on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Among the brick pots, buckets, and rakes
A row of inverted grape leaves climbs to a pale green
“The Sea-Garden, “ Fanny Howe, Selected Poems
My grandmother and my Lebanese aunts did lots of traditional cooking, but my mom didn’t. So we made periodic trips to Atlantic Avenue to eat at Julia W’s Lebanese restaurant where we’d [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Food, Classic Italian Meat Sauce, Food, Lasagna on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photograph by PD Photo.org
Lasagna is both a noodle and a dish and is derived from the Greek word lasanon. Popular all over the world, lasagna is made in many different ways. From meats and vegetables, to different kinds of sauces and cheeses, lasagna is a favorite dish for many people.” Jace Shoemaker-Galloway, in the July 17, 2009 issue [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Feeding America, Food, Hunger Action Month, hunger in America, hungry children, hungry elders on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My haul from Tuesday’s farmers’ market two weeks ago.
Dear Jamie,
September is just around the corner. At Feeding America, we’re gearing up for Hunger Action Month!
Hunger Action Month is a nationwide effort to inspire the public to get involved in the fight against hunger. Throughout September, Feeding America and our 200 member food banks will raise [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn, farmers' market, folk history, Food, gluten-and-wheat free, Recipe, Roman Egg Drop Soup on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Photograph by M. Chambers via Wikipedia under GNU free documentation license.
Yet another luxurious farmers’ market haul with a few veggies from a friend’s garden.
The finished product, La Stracciatella (Roman Egg Drop Soup), wheat-and-gluten free and chock full of vegetables.
From time immemorial, soups and broths have been the worldwide medium for utilizing what we call [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baba Ghanouz, Brooklyn NY, Food, gluten-and-wheat free, Halva, Hummus bi Tahini, Joyva Company, Lebanese Coffee, Recipes, Tahini & Lemon, Tahini & Yogurt, Tahini Recipes, Tahini w/Lemon & Spice, Tahini with Almonds, Turkish Coffee on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Photograph of canned sesame tahini from The Joyva Corporation.
The Joyva Corporation is good old Brooklyn business that celebrates its one hundreth birthday this year. Among other things, it manufactures tahini and a really excellent halva.
Halva is a sweet confection, a small piece of which is often nice after a meal along with a Lebanese or Turkish [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn, Celiac Disease, chicken Cacciatora, Chicken Hunter's Style, espresso, Food, Gluten-Free, Recipe, wheat free on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Public Domain Illustration via Wikipedia.
my brain light;
tossing this and that
into the pot;
seasoning none of my life
the same way twice; happy to feed
whoever strays my way.”
Poem at Thirty-Nine by Alice Walker, Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful
No one made a Brooklyn-style Italian meat-and-tomato sauce for pasta like my Aunt Mildred. Her sauce was heavy with meats – pork, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn Italian Food, Celiac Disease, Dean Martin, folk history, Food, Gluten-Free, Italian Food, Louisa's Resturant, Mambo Italiano, Pasta with Ricotta, Recipe, wheat free on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dean Martin singing Mambo Italiano
Our Friday night hangout: Louisa’s Restaurant on 90th and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn. Yum! Baked Stuffed Clams, Pasta, Salad, Garlic Bread, Bisque Tortini, Hoffman’s cream soda, and Dean on the jukebox. For years I thought you had to drink cream soda with Italian food because that’s what we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn-Italian Soup, Celiac Disease, folk history, Food, Gluten-Free, Greens, Italian Food, Minest, Pesto, Pistou, Recipe, Soup, Vinaigrette on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photograph of fresh Greens via Wikipedia under GNU Free Documentation License
“this clutter of soup pots and books—”, Tree by Jane Hirshfield, Given Sugar, Given Salt: Poems
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Minest: It’s unlikely that you will find this recipe in a cookbook or even on-line. It’s classic Brooklyn-Italian, great winter comfort food, a soup lush [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Celiac Disease, Chinatown NY, culture, folk history, Food, GF Chinese, GF NY Shrimp in Lobster Sauce recipe, GF P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Lobster Cantonese, NY, Oolong Tea, Palo Alto CA, Peet's Coffee and Tea, Recipes, wheat free on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photograph of grocery in Chinatown, Manhattan by Momos via Wikipedia under GNU Free Documentation License
Recommended reading: Chinatown, A Portrait of a Closed Society by Gwen Kinkead
“An ancient Chinese saying goes like this ‘Food is the nearest thing to Heaven’”.
Cooking Secrets of the Oldest Civilizations in the World, The-ChineseFood.com
Soy sauce, which is ubiquitous in Chinese and other Asian cuisines, [...]
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