Fresh: Baccalà, a holiday star
Best kept secret on the Italian pescatarian table? Baccalà. Salt cod. Yes, you heard me right:...
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Author: Viola Buitoni
Fresh: The Thanksgiving Leftovers Party
The setting: a posh apartment in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The cast: Twenty well-appointed New...
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Fresh: Beans, tuna and red onion salad
Mothering a teenager who storms through the door at the end of the day ready to eat the...
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Fresh: Iced espresso in almond milk
Good morning, Mission. You caught me in the midst of a month-long guest chef instructor gig here....
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Fresh: Lighten up, eggplant parmigiana
Good morning Mission, I am starting the last week of my July guest chef instructor residency in...
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Fresh: Rethinking gnocchi with semolina, Roman style
Gnocchi is the Italian word for dumplings. The most popular in the family are the ubiquitous...
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Fresh: One-pot meals and dinner conversations — Pasta e fagioli
I clicked on Priya Parker’s insightful Ted Talk yesterday morning on “turning get-togethers into...
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Fresh: One-pot meals and dinner conversations over fish stew
I had more than one reason to transition to teaching home cooks after 20+ years of experience as a...
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Fresh: Legacies — feminism and food
Things I learned from my mother: Making great pesto Being almost always polite Managing my own...
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Fresh: Rain brings on the urge for the comfort of chicken cacciatore
This week I was going to be all about the bright-tendrils-tender-blooms talk that colors San...
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Fresh: Rhubarb and strawberry cake
FRESH, A weekly column on buying and cooking food by cooking instructor Viola Buitoni. Featuring...
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Scafata with Viola Buitoni
The perfect spring dish for fall
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What to Wear for Doomsday and the Perfect Final Meal Before the Rapture Strikes
A) WTF does one wear when facing the probability of eternal damnation? And, B) what would appear in a suitably memorable last meal?
Read MoreMarket Fresh: Tagliatelle with Spring Vegetables
Notes from Viola explain which are cooking eggs and which are eating eggs!
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Where Does an Italian Cook Shop in the Mission?
A few things about Viola Buitoni: She’s Italian, she’s a mother, she can cook, she lives in the...
Read MoreAnother Rainy Weekend to Keep the Telly Off 2-18 to 2-25
Another Rainy Weekend to Keep the Telly Off 2-18 to 2-25 Hey Kids! is a weekly feature looking at what’s coming up for families and kids of all ages. Keep expecting rain, tonight, tomorrow, maybe less on Sunday, and back with a...
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