Duck low if you must, but don't miss the inzimino di seppie ($10), a superb and generous Tuscan stew of squid, spinach and chick peas braised in red wine and tomato.
Overaggressive salting does damage to several dishes, notably the seared scallops with an okra and ham stew, and the otherwise superb grilled octopus served on a bed of quinoa and doused in a gutsy black-olive sauce.
By Shauna Lyon August 12, 2008 Annie Dorsen, who co-conceived and directed the superb rock musical "Passing Strange," by Heidi Rodewald and Stew, has a new project.
Annie Dorsen, who co-conceived and directed the superb rock musical "Passing Strange," by Heidi Rodewald and Stew, has a new project.
Falafel-like chickpea fritters, made with ground, fresh chickpeas and spinach and topped with a thick spinach sauce, were superb, as were corn pancakes served on top of simply stewed lentils.
The '86 smelled like baby aspirin and stewed tomatoes, though it tasted fine, but the '90 was superb.
Rising to a higher level of culinary ambition, I went on to make, the following night, a fish-stew recipe, a kind of English bouillabaisse, from Ian McEwan's superb "Saturday": Henry Perowne, the central character, a neurosurgeon, cooks this elaborate dish as he watches television and broods on "monstrous and spectacular scenes".
Rotis, peppery stews of chicken or mellow goat rolled up in huge, soft flatbreads, are superb, as is the spicy jerk chicken.
Not five minutes afterward, Girardi stewed in the visiting manager's office at Kauffman Stadium, irritated that their wasting of a superb start by A. J. Burnett — one run, eight innings — cost the Yankees a chance to capture a series against one of the worst teams in baseball.
