How to cook agretti, the Italian vegetable that also goes by monk’s beard and is Salsola soda in Latin. Agretti is easy to grow, too.
pasta recipes
Pigeon, Dove or Duck Ragu
This is a long-simmered, intensely flavorful sauce for doves, pigeons, ducks, or sharp-tailed grouse.
Duck with Turnips and Rye Spaetzle
This dish is so simple, all the flavors come together beautifully. And if you’ve never made homemade spatzle, it’s easier than you think.
Smoked Salmon Pasta
Whole wheat pasta with flaked smoked salmon and fresh herbs. Using a hearty pasta like whole wheat with salmon is a great match.
Homemade Agnolotti
Italian agnolotti pasta filled with meat. What meat? Squirrel, in this case. Any light meat will work.
Pork Blood Pasta
Blutnudeln. Pasta al Sangue. Blood pasta. Yes, it is what you think. And I’ve been wanting to make this macabre pasta for a long time. It was worth the wait.
Pelmeni and the Eating of Bears
It’s spring bear season in many parts of the world. I can think of no better recipe for bear than these pelmeni. No bear? Use any meat.
Ricotta Gnudi with Ramps and Porcini
When I had Chef April Bloomfield’s ricotta gnudi in New York at the James Beard Awards, and I had to recreate them, only with my own twist: A sauce of ramps and fresh porcini I found in the High Sierra.