I love late summer produce. Tomatoes are everywhere, the onions are huge and peppers are really coming into season. The farmers market is full of red, orange and yellow hues. I buy pounds of those tomatoes, red onions and peppers for salads and gazpacho. But as the weather changes (if you’re in New York you’ve enjoyed six straight…
ACQUA PAZZA
Acqua Pazza is Italian for “crazy water” and is traditionally a dish of fish poached in broth. This broth is made of fresh tomatoes, garlic, wine, fresh herbs and a bit of crushed red pepper flakes to give it a little “crazy”. Poaching fish is a great cooking method because it’s fast and easy, making…
GRILLED VEGETABLES WITH CHIMICHURRI
Here’s summer cooking at its best – grilled garden vegetables served with a bright, garlicky chimichurri! These veggies don’t require any marinade, cook quickly on the grill and are topped with a raw sauce that will have you feeling differently about parsley for the rest of your life. No fancy equipment is required – no…
PASTA WITH RAW TOMATO SAUCE
Here is a recipe for the easiest pasta that pays tribute to summer-fresh tomatoes! And while I love a good bowl of pasta with a long-simmered tomato sauce, sometimes you don’t want to spend all day in the kitchen. The only cooking this simple dish requires is a pot of boiling water. The cooked pasta…
TOMATO AND CUCUMBER SALAD
I could wax poetic love about raw vegetable salads. You can’t get through summer entertaining and alfresco dining without them! And they are so simple. It’s important to buy ripe vegetables when making raw salads to get the best flavor out of them. Tomatoes, cucumbers, red bell peppers and red onions are four of my most…
SALT AND PEPPER RIB STEAK WITH CHIMICHURRI
My classic go-to cut for steak is a bone-in rib steak. The butcher at Florence Meat Market on Jones Street in the West Village recently corrected me when I asked for a bone-in ribeye steak. A ribeye steak is considered boneless and its bone-in counterpart is a rib steak. Now we know. A good steak…
GAZPACHO
This recipe is one of the few things I keep in my refrigerator to enjoy as a summer breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner. Yes, all of those things. It’s perfect for hot days when you don’t want to cook or are simply in a hurry and want something refreshing. While some traditional recipes use almonds…
SPAGHETTI WITH GRILLED CLAMS AND CHIMICHURRI
If you are fortunate enough to have a burner attached to your grill you can cook and serve this entire meal outdoors. This dish takes less than 30 minutes to prepare, making it great for weeknight dinners. You can prepare the chimichurri up to 2 days in advance, grill the clams while the pasta cooks, then toss it all…