Month: December 2008

  • Hot-pink beet risotto and creamy butternut squash soup

    Hot-pink beet risotto and creamy butternut squash soup

      These recipes are from David Rocco’s “Dolce Vita” eponymous cookbook. I must admit, I was skeptical before I opened the cover. Rocco is no professional chef, and he is the first to admit it.But his enthusiasm for Italian food and zest for la dolce vita more than makes up for it. So when I…

  • Chocolate and Zucchini’s chocolate-dipped hazelnut marbles

    Chocolate and Zucchini’s chocolate-dipped hazelnut marbles

      Pressed for a last-minute sweet for dinner guests, after my macarons failed miserably, I turned to my copy of “Chocolate & Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian kitchen.” Penned by food blogger extraordinaire Clotilde Dusoulier, I read this book cover-to-cover on a train ride from Paris to Amsterdam. It holds a special place in…