Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'tomato sauce'
Fresh Pasta with Spicy Tomato Sauce
Lounging around on a hot Saturday afternoon, you don't want to think too hard about dinner. You read your book, you cheat and start the Sunday crossword puzzle a day early, you watch old episodes of "Lydia's Italy" on Tivo. Perhaps it's that last fact, though, that propels you--hours later--off the couch, into your kitchen, scratching your head. It's 7 PM and what are you going to make? You see a bag of flour. You see eggs in your refrigerator. You spy a can of tomatoes on the shelf. "Might I?" you ask yourself. "Noooo." But then you consider again and you settle on it: you are going to make fresh pasta--yes, pasta from scratch--and serve it with spicy tomato sauce....
How To Do A Cooking Demonstration
There a came a moment on Saturday at The Baltimore Book Festival where I looked out at the crowd and down at the food in front of me and realized: "Holy (expletive): I have to cook something for all these people!" It wasn't supposed to be that way. When I was first invited to The Baltimore Book Festival, I was under the impression that all they wanted me to do was read from my book (which, incidentally, comes out in paperback tomorrow!) I've read from my book several times, to various crowds, and the lessons I learned from those various experiences--read slower than you think necessary, lift your head now and again--had little application when I learned that in addition to reading from my book, the Baltimore people also wanted me to cook....
