On last week's episode of The Splendid Table podcast, actor and writer Michael Tucker spoke of his experience living as an American in Italy. Aside from the obvious challenges adapting to a foreign language and culture, he has learned an entirely different way of cooking since moving to the small town of Umbria. Something he […]

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If you're an onion hater, this dish will convert you. Slow-roasting onions releases their natural sugars slowly without burning them, so that by the end they're smooth, slippery and taste like caramel.
The tomatoes undergo a similar transformation: they become soft and sweet, and their flavors become incredibly concentrated.
And the fennel…well, you get the drift: soft, […]

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If you made the slow-roasted dish and have some leftovers, here's a great way to take care of 'em:
Quick Greek Stewslow-roasted onion, fennel and tomato leftoversfresh ground pepper1/4 cup feta cheesea few kalamata or other greek olivesfresh basil
Roughly chop onion/fennel/tomato leftovers into large pieces. Toss in a shallow sauté pan with some of their […]

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Sometimes, simple is best. I'm often inclined to throw every fancy ingredient in the pantry into whatever dish I'm making, in the hopes that a dash of truffle oil and some fancy mirin and a little chili mango and….ugh, what an awful combination!
Point is, I've learned that good olive oil, salt and pepper are often […]

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