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August 20, 2009 By cheryl

Risotto With Some Snap


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As summer romances go, I’ve been a busy girl.

In addition to discovering and falling in love with the fish guy at the Brooklyn Heights farmers market, I’ve also been seduced by the New Jersey produce man just across from him.

What’s not to love about a giver of fat, red strawberries and deep green, flowering chives? Also, who knew fruit and vegetables from New Jersey could look so good? (I kid, I kid …)

On a recent Saturday, produce man’s beautifully plump peas caught my eye and snagged my heart.

Big, firm and just a gorgeous, gorgeous green, I decided then and there that they were too pretty to puree for a chilled pea soup. Instead, I began envisioning a summery risotto — and I had just the recipe.

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Filed Under: Brooklyn, Italian, Recipes Tagged With: Brooklyn, Chicken Stock, Farmers Market, Married ... With Dinner, Molto Italiano, Parmesan, Peas, Prosciutto, Rice, Risotto

June 26, 2009 By cheryl

Paris: A Lunch With A View


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For a first-timer in Paris, the Sister had not done badly.

Sure, we hadn’t managed to get into L’Ami Jean or Hidden Kitchen, but the basics had been covered: Berthillon ice-cream, Laduree macarons, cervelas at Brasserie Lipp, a cocktail at the Hemingway Bar.

What was left on the list? Much too much.

Nonetheless, we decided, end with a bang we must. And so we found ourselves packing into a tiny elevator and rocketing into the gray Parisian sky.

The lunch to end our lunches (for now) in Paris would be at a classic — Le Jules Verne in the Eiffel Tower, which, at more than 400 feet above ground level, offered a sweet spot to sip some bubbly and look out onto the city beneath.

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Filed Under: Food Porn, France, Restaurants, Tales From the Road Tagged With: A La Riche, Alain Ducasse, American, Armagnac, Asparagus, Beef Stock, Berthillon, Bigarade, Bistrot Paul-Bert, Brandy, Brasserie Lipp, Bresse, Carrots, Caviar, Cervelas, Crème Chantilly, Duck, Eiffel Tower, Foie gras, Gingerbread, Grapefruit, Hemingway Bar, L'Ami Jean, Laduree, Le Jules Verne, Lychee, Macarons, Mango, Marshmallows, Meagre, Mousse, Napoleon, Paris, Parmentier Soup, Peas, Pineapple, Rose ice-cream, Salad, Salmon, Savarin, Strawberries, Turnips, Veloute

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