The highlight of our Saturday morning is going to the Albany Farmer’s Market to buy duck eggs. I didn’t think I would be writing today’s blog about eggs, but, well, sometimes if there is no looming personal subject or event … Continue reading
Chicken Tetrazzini was invented in honor of Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940), an Italian coloratura of international fame. It’s total comfort food: chicken (or here, shrimp), mushrooms, boatloads of cheese, and a thick buttery cream sauce.
Continue readingReaders of my food blogs are used to extremely high-fat recipes. This one does call for half a stick of butter, but you can reduce that if you decide to wuss out on the fat. The heavy cream is non-negotiable because of how the saffron suffuses it with all its subtle flavor notes. This is “white food,” i.e., comfort food with cream and butter and a hint of sweet
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