Category Archives: Pasta

The Geometry of Pasta

The perfect shape + the perfect sauce! A few months ago Quirk Books was kind enough to offer me a review copy of “The Geometry of Pasta” by Caz Hildebrand and Jacob Kennedy. I accepted with enthusiasm and then life got … Continue reading

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Thanks to Buitoni and Foodbuzz and Congratulations to the other winners!

  Remember this dish? Well I’m excited to send a great big “Thank you” to Buitoni and Foodbuzz  for picking my recipe for Manchego Mornay Sauce over Wild Mushroom Agnolotti as a runner up winner in the Buitoni Riserva Pasta … Continue reading

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Manchego Mornay Sauce for Buitoni’s New Wild Mushroom Agnolotti

  Those nice folks over at Buitoni are coming out with a new line of all natural Riserva pasta which they made available to some of the Foodbuzz bloggers. They shipped me a  cooler box containing a package of the new … Continue reading

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Fresh Garbanzo Beans and Sausage and Pepper Pasta

  Rick and I were in the produce section of our favourite grocer (Harmons) when we spied some fuzzy green pods that were not familiar to us. They turned out to be fresh Garbanzo beans -also known as Ceci beans … Continue reading

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