by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Dec 20, 2015 | Entree
Lasagna is one of our favorite dinners. It’s not light so we don’t have it too often. We (like hundreds of thousands of other people) find that is is best on the second day. But rather than try to warm it up, we’ve found a way to get the same melding...
by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Dec 14, 2015 | Other
For the longest time we’ve felt pretty confident in the ‘fresh’ mozzarella we pick up in the fancy cheese aisle at our local Central Market. It looks fresh. It’s all squishy. And it’s wrapped in plastic like somebody’s nonna made...
by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Dec 7, 2015 | Other
I always thought ricotta was some sort of magical cheese from Italy. Maybe Italian grandmothers sit around making ricotta and sending to us to put in our lasagnas. I figured it was supposed to be thick and glue-like. Little did I know that fresh ricotta is a light,...