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Nduja Makes Nice plus The Pleasure of Pasta

January 10, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Nduja — looks like a typo, tastes like a wow.  Nduja is a luscious Italian pate of Calabrian chili, fennel, garlic, and, alas, pork. But not here.  My vegan nduja recipe, inspired by a version at Giorgio Rapicavoli’s Luca  hits all the right flavor notes.  It has the same gutsy spices, but no pig.  Fresh…

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Filed Under: Condiments & Spreads, LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, pasta Tagged With: fennel, garlic, olive oil, paprika, pasta, sun-dried tomatoes, tomatoes

Not Your Nonna’s Pasta for World Pasta Day

October 25, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Oil free pasta with sauce, tomatoes, spinach and a fork on a colorful plate.

Today is World Pasta Day, created by the Italians to celebrate the food the whole world loves. How do you pasta? For me, pasta without a drizzle of olive oil for silkiness and gilding seems lonely, It’s probably nothing your nonna would approve of, either. You don’t want to piss off your nonna. I’m stingy…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta Tagged With: arugula, basil, oil-free, olives, pasta, peas, roasted red peppers, sauce, spinach, tomatoes

Fun with Bún – Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad

August 9, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Forget cinnamon buns and (plant-based) burger buns.  This is about Vietnamese bún, a refreshing rice noodle bowl to beat the summer heat. It’s madly versatile, relying on fresh vegetables and fresh herbs by the handful. so make the most of local summer produce. Asian rice noodles, vegetables and herbs are tossed with nuac cham, Vietnamese…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta, Sides Tagged With: noodles, pasta, rice noodles

Sexy Summer Salads and The Chef’s Garden

June 28, 2021 by Julie Kohl Leave a Comment

Green, garlicky ramps, luscious, earthy morels, and delicate, herbaceous fiddlehead ferns sing of spring.  But Miami produce they ain’t. This goodness comes from The Chef’s Garden, one of three fabulous sponsors of this Wednesday’s Sexy Summer Salads class with Chef Taffy Elrod and me.    Photo by Yossey Arefi and Michelle Demuth-Bibb Chef Elrod and…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, Salads Tagged With: fiddleheads, green, morels, pasta, ramps, salad, vegan, Vegetarian

Making Every Day Earth Day

April 19, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Spaghetti with Tomatoes and Lentils

This Thursday is Earth Day, that time of year when we remember, oh, yeah, gotta do something about the planet.  Here’s an easy answer – eat plants. Some of the most ardent plant-based people I know got scared straight — health issues or having the veil of factory farming ripped away.  Every reason to eat…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta Tagged With: Earth Day, lentils, pasta, sustainable, tomatoes

Just Add Water Part 2 – Pasta Water | Conscious Cookery Day 5

April 2, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Spaghetti with Tomatoes and Lentils

When Americans cook pasta, most overlook the magic that’s left behind from cooking — pasta water. In Italy, as the country prepared for coronavirus lockdown, people hit the markets and grabbed boxes of pasta.  In the UK, pasta sales almost doubled.  Here, pasta sales have gone up an unprecedented 400 percent. Forget March Madness.  We’re…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta, Random Notes and thoughts Tagged With: cocina povera, mindfulness, pasta, pasta water

Arugula Pasta with Salsa Cruda

July 13, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Posted originally on 07/19/2010 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Home Field Advantage Ben Hewitt is the author of The Town Food Saved and a farmer in Cabot, Vermont, population 1,000. I’m a food writer and sustainable food advocate in Miami, Florida, population 2.5 million. Neither of us, given our chosen professions, are exactly raking it…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: arugula, chili, cloves, lemon, olive oil, pasta, spaghetti, tomatoes

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