"We are right arm and left arm, he is my closest friend in the world, a lovely cook, we are lucky in that we know what each other is thinking when it comes to food".
I am a bad person and do not deserve lovely dinners cooked for me.
They're just as lovely when cooked, turning light and dark reddish brown, with a sensuous texture and sweet, savory flavor.
Admittedly, instead of meeting up with your family to share a lovely meal cooked by your grandmother, this afternoon you'll have to join a load of sweaty marketing consultants and city workers on a dangerously overloaded bus.
Admittedly, instead of meeting up with your family to share a lovely meal cooked by your nan, this afternoon you'll have to join a load of sweaty marketing consultants and City workers on a dangerously overloaded bus.
On my new theory that any seasonal ingredients go together, it would have been lovely to cook these with morels, but getting fresh ones would have involved overcoming my lethargy and leaving the neighborhood, while using the dried kind didn't seem quite right for my first ramps of spring.
Veal saltimbocca, however, was lovely: thin, nicely cooked veal scallops, judiciously layered with thinly cut prosciutto and mozzarella and sauced with a sherry demi-glace that added a nice edge to the ensemble.
This lovely pasta was cooked perfectly, and the seductive scent of porcini, which were employed with abandon in light cream sauce, made this dish of a few simple ingredients a superb piece of work.
Smothered – sofegao in Venetian – is a lovely concept: something cooked covered so it softens in its own moisture mingled with fats and a small amount of vinegar, which gives a nice sharp edge.
