Eataly: Contemporary Italian Cooking‘s pea soup was very good BUT it did not match that of Paul’s grandma Josie. What can we say? There is something about mom and grandma’s home cooking that always wins over in the end. The book doesn’t call for many ‘side dishes’ or pairings (other than wine) so we have been pairing at our discretion. Unlike the vegetable minestrone, we decided to pair the pea soup with a meat. The monkfish recipe had been calling our names and we finally found it fresh at our local Whole Foods. Between the soup and monkfish, these recipes…
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Continue ReadingPaul was headed out for the weekend and I was quarantined at home so, with wine in hand, I wanted to make a cozy night in dish. Eataly: Contemporary Italian Cooking has a full section of soup recipes that we are about to make our way through. Because it was…
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Continue ReadingWe are very excited to welcome you all to our food and wine community. This is a place to gather, grow, and savor together. As the one-and-only Julia Child put it, people who love to eat are always the best people. There is so much truth to that statement. Food…