The secret to life is the daily reinvention of the self. Every day that isn’t a default loop tour through the same old choices and scenes is indeed a new day. It will be new whether or not you make it new, so as Auntie Marion once hauntingly whispered in my ear when I told […]
Tag: pasta
Zucchini Pasta with Parmegiano Reggiano to 100 years
The fountain of youth no doubt is a slurry of vegetable pasta and black coffee. At least that’s what Alice told me as she turned one hundred this weekend. KP and I went out to Seattle to visit his grandmother as she clicked over into a new category of impressive human: centenarian. She is a […]
Smoked Gouda Carbonara in Honor of Carbon #GoScience
What better way to celebrate science than to gather the elements and use your kitchen as a laboratory. I’m here on site in DC today and plan to wave my poster tube around like a wand or a torch. All around me in our nation’s capital are examples of the beauty of nature and the […]
Green Pasta
St Patrick’s Day is coming, so go find several pounds of spinach and dye your pasta green for the holidays! I received a pasta cutter Kitchen-aid attachment for Christmas this year, and the Pasta Bible inspire greatness. I had always wanted to make my own pasta but have been thwarted by the usual laziness. The […]
Casarecce for Fortitude and Fortune
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues, read the fortune cookie I opened in December of last year, right after finishing a grueling ICU rotation. And something like a stuck prayer, what do I find in the bottom of my call-night chucks after nine months, just before I lace them up to […]