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Cookbooks Fontina

i8tonite: Vegetable alla Fontina

I revel going into local bookstores which sell both new and used cookbook titles. Normally, they’re independent sellers like the  historic City Lights in San Francisco,  Bart’s Books in Ojai, which claims to be the largest outdoor bookstore in the world,  downtown LA’s The Last Bookstore or New York City’s The Strand. I know there are […]

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Broad Fork: Cookbook Hugh Acheson

i8tonite: Spring Arugula Pesto with Spaghetti and Crisped Prosciutto (adapted from Hugh Acheson’s “The Broad Fork”)

I wish life were as easy as a recipe. Someone writes out the ingredients, measurements and methodology for creating the dish and I just follow it. I don’t think. My mind shuts off. I chop this, stir that and in the end, I have something delicious like a happy life. I’ve never been a follower […]

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