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As soon as it gets cold out and the umbrellas start cluttering sidewalks, I start thinking about comfort food and while the de facto comfort food in my family is really mashed potatos, I usually end up with pasta. What…
Posted by: Degan Beley on Monday, November 9th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: campagnolo, Cioppino's, il nido, italian, marcello, noodles, Pasta, restaurant, vancouver | 3 Comments »
As much as I enjoy spending multiple hours preparing dinner, sometimes that’s not possible and the exploration of the “15 minute dinner” is equally as fun. I was in the middle of making a new (to me)…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: dinner, italian, pancetta, parmesan, Pasta, recipe | No Comments »
You ever have one of those Saturdays when a slot of time opens up and you can combine three or four things all at once? So it was this Saturday when I needed to go out and grab some sausages for Father’s Day, my…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bacon, barbeque sauce, Bosa, capicollo, Casatorie, Cioffi's, Columbus Meats, dulce del leche, Gourmet Warehouse, Honeycup Mustard, italian, JNZ Deli, mil hoja, Moccia Meat Market, Oyama, Panaderia Latina Bakery, peri peri, Polonia Sausage, salumi, sausage, smoked meat | 2 Comments »
The topic of Easter dinner came up with some friends a few weeks ago; we were discussing what our family meal had been when we were kids. Some people said turkey, others said ham, I said lamb. I checked my Larousse,…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cured meat, easter, eggs, italian, Pasta, quick, recipe | No Comments »
Being laid off has left me with a sense of having lots of time on my hands and even though my natural tendency to cram days full to the gills makes that unlikely, it’s nevertheless unleashed a desire to make things…
Posted by: Degan Beley on Monday, April 13th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, dough, italian, Pasta, ragu, ravioli | 2 Comments »
Following my previous article on Terroni and the search for Vancouver restaurants that served bucatini all’amatriciana, my husband decided to make it himself. Joseph found two key ingredients at the Granville Island…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Babbo, bacon, Bosa Foods, bucatini, David Rocco, Duso's Pasta & Cheese, fat, flavour, Granville Island Public Market, guanciale, italian, Mario Batali, noodles, olive oil, Oyama Sausage, Pasta, pecorino cheese, pig, recipe, tomato | 11 Comments »
Last January, I was in Toronto for 2 weeks art directing a food magazine. I was surrounded by amazing ingredients, talented stylists and foodie photographers. I was also given a nice meal allowance per diem to try an…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Monday, February 16th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bucatini, italian, olive oil, Pasta, Toronto | 12 Comments »
Lately we’ve been doing all our entertaining over brunch. I think mostly because it’s with couples who also have young kids and this way we can see them, and Lila can play with them. And when I say play, I…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: italian, poached eggs, polenta, recipe, tomato, truffle oil | 4 Comments »
It goes without saying that it will rain the day after you take your umbrella out of your purse and by the same token, I should have known that a trendy, tasty Italian restaurant would open up in the culinary dead-zone…
Posted by: Degan Beley on Monday, January 26th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: chick peas, chinatown, fish, italian, Pasta, polenta, pork, restaurant, review, Risotto, sausage, steak, vancouver, Wine | 2 Comments »
We are currently on a fairly tight schedule with our daughter Caia when it comes to bedtime which means that I typically prep for a meal before we start our routine of bath, massage, story, feed & bed and then I cook…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: capsicum, ham, italian, Pasta, recipe, shrimp, Tales of the Leftover Xmas Eve Ham | 2 Comments »
We had Xmas Eve at our place this year with Jane’s parents, her brother and his wife. Due to factors well beyond our control (insane weather patterns, traffic mayhem & an 18-week-old daughter) we decided to…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, December 29th, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: ham, italian, Mushrooms, polenta, recipe, rustic, Tales of the Leftover Xmas Eve Ham | 1 Comment »
Every day on the way to work, I walk past a bunch of great restaurants on 4th Ave. Fuel, Gastropod and more recently, Trattoria. The one time I tried to go before, the line up was over an hour long and I’ve never…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Categories: Worship | Tags: italian, Pasta, restaurant, review, Trattoria Italian Kitchen, Wine | 1 Comment »
I’ve recently become increasingly aware of how disingenuous “new” restaurants can be, many of which seem to be responses to the latest trend (as if charcuterie and wine bars are an original idea). I…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, July 25th, 2008
Categories: Worship | Tags: delfina, italian, mission, restaurant, review, san francisco, trattoria | 1 Comment »
So before we get going on this dish, it should probably be noted that there is some serious heat going into it. But it is a big all-encompassing furnace type of heat that is cut nicely by the cream and lime making it…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, January 4th, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: italian, Pasta, recipe, sauce | 1 Comment »
This is a very simple but tasty pasta dish. The fresh tomato adds a brilliantly refreshing contrast to the richer tastes of the sausage and fennel. Cubing the cheese rather than grating it on top was inspired by a snack…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, February 12th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: italian, Pasta, recipe, Sauces | No Comments »