GOURMET GIVEAWAY: “Spaghetti” Book By Carla Bardi

It’s not spaghetti, but you could try to fool your friends! Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE. We love a good joke—especially around April Fool’s Day. So when we were handed “Spaghetti” by Carla Bardi, we were wondering why someone was giving us what looked to be a spaghetti package from a supermarket shelf.…
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APRIL FOOL’S DAY: It’s A Box Of Pasta (Or Maybe A Book)

Reminiscent of Cosmo Kramer’s coffee table book on Seinfeld,* Carla Bardi has published a book of spaghetti recipes that looks like a box of spaghetti. At first glance it seems to be a spaghetti package from a supermarket shelf. If you hand it to someone, they’ll think you’re giving them a box of spaghetti. But…
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TIP OF THE DAY: An Herb Pot Of Sage

Three varieties of sage: tricolor, pineapple sage (it smells like pineapple) and golden sage, available from WhiteflowerFram.com. Sage is a spice that most people buy during the holiday season, to season turkey, goose or duck. But it’s more than a holiday stuffing (or a sausage stuffing). Think of sage to season beans, in cheese recipes,…
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