Ingredient of the Month

Spice to Meet You! My Name’s Harissa.

by Good. Food. Stories. Contributor January 5, 2012

“Spicy food awakens your taste buds; it makes you sweat, sometimes even brings tears to your eyes, but it always makes you feel alive.”

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Ingredient of the Month: Shcarole

by Danielle Oteri October 27, 2011

“It ain�t easy to make shcarole these days. What I mean is, you gotta spend shcarole to make shcarole. Ya know what this Occupy Wall Street movement is really about? Shcarole.”

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Ingredient of the Month: Garlic Scapes

by Danielle Oteri June 18, 2010

“People get all excited about ramps, but scapes are a lot more fun. Scapes look like they were invented by Cirque du Soleil. They are the quirky, twirly, tendrils from a young garlic bulb that have have just turned up in farmer’s markets and will only last through the end of June. I highly recommend that you buy as many as you can get your hands on.”

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Ingredient of the Month: Chickpeas

by Danielle Oteri February 23, 2010

“The first time I had a chickpea I believe it was dumped over an iceberg lettuce salad and called a garbanzo bean. It wasn’t terribly good.”

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No, Alex P. Keaton, Do NOT Hold the Anchovies.

by Danielle Oteri October 9, 2009

“I grew up loving anchovies, never realizing that they were the same instrument of horror that Charles would never allow on his pizza while he was in charge. In my house, we ordered pizza with alici, or aleech, to be true to our Neaopolitan accent.”

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