by Brian | Sep 25, 2013 | Recipes
I was in an upscale cheese store in Midtown. A great store we know well. A jar labeled “Tomato Jam” caught my eye. I knew that I could convince Suzen to take it home since it said “tomato” and the “jam” part would just slip past her. Particularly if I mumbled over the...
by Brian | Jul 20, 2012 | Recipes
A few weeks ago we published a post for semi-confit tomatoes, a recipe that is repeated below. Once those tomatoes are done, don’t wash the pan. You have gold there. Olive oil scented with tomatoes, thyme, bay, and garlic. You could, of course, add some...
by Brian | Jun 18, 2012 | Recipes
“Cook until they collapse.” Tomato confit is made by roasting tomatoes until they literally begin to fall apart. That “cooked” mixture can be used many ways, say for pasta sauce. Now, semi-confit tomatoes are cooked for a much shorter time. The physical integrity of...
by Brian | Mar 6, 2012 | Recipes
Did you ever have someone give you an absolutely perfect dish? And you were going to get that recipe from them? And then, most sadly, they passed away? You remember their face and their laughter. You remember their tomato conserve that was a miracle. Suzen and...
by Brian | Jan 21, 2012 | Recipes
I am, in a word, a fan of Patricia Wells. I love her cookbooks, packed with ideas that tempt me page by page. I relish her travel books: those Food Lover’s Guides to Paris and to France have given many of us perfect journeys along the timeless streets of cities or the...
