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Caponata

August 21, 2024

Delicious, easy-to-make, no-forks-required, healthy and beautiful: Caponata on baguette rounds hits all the marks, making it one of my favorite appetizers for entertaining. Silky with caramelized baby eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, onion and garlic plus the bright briny flavors of capers and olives, caponata can be served warm or cold.

I’ve used a variety of small eggplants when making this–Fairy Tale (pictured below,) Italian (also pictured below,) and Indian. All are good, but I especially like the stripey Fairy Tale which are sweet and very tender. If you can’t find the diminutive kinds, small Globe eggplants will also work.

 

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Tomatoes

Best Homemade Tomato Soup

June 30, 2021

My Father has simple tastes, and with home-grown tomatoes, simple is best. The juiciness and flavor of summer-ripened tomatoes has us eating them out of hand, in salads, or sliced onto the classic white-bread-tomato-mayo sandwich. But Dad’s forever favorite is this soup. It’s delicious plain; even better infused with herbs, and it’s very easy to make. Also a boon? Once the garden has given up its yield, this recipe works well with store-bought tomatoes, for year-round enjoyment. Add grilled cheese sandwiches made with fresh, crusty bread to put the meal over the top. Continue Reading…

Celebrity Recipes

Frank Sinatra’s Favorite Spaghetti

February 17, 2021

In a 1973 interview with long-defunct Mainliner magazine, Frank Sinatra said, “Everything I know about cooking, I learned from my mother.” Mrs. “Dolly” Martin Anthony Sinatra lived in a home Frank built for her on the grounds of his Palm Springs estate. Her simple tomato, garlic and herb spaghetti sauce recipe was Frank’s favorite. We’ve tested it and see why he loved it—meatless, but full of flavor, it’s become our family favorite, too. Continue Reading…