Posted in Cheese, Pasta, tagged cheddar, Comté, cooking, food, Gruyere, mac and cheese, macaroni, Parmigiano Reggiano, pasta on September 27, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Chef Eduardo’s Mac and Cheese
It should come as no surprise that staff members here at Formaggio Kitchen are pretty passionate about mac and cheese. Everyone has a different take on their favorite – affected by how they had it growing up, pasta shapes and, of course, cheese preferences. As with the grilled cheese survey of a few months ago, I took a little stroll around the shop to see just how varied folks’ notion of this classic dish were. Here are the results! (more…)
Posted in Classes, Education, Food History, Grains, Rice, Flours & Beans, United States, tagged ancient grains, barley, cereals, cooking, Emmer, farro, food, Four Star Farms, grains, grasses, hulled barley, maize, Maria Speck, pearled barley, protein, spelt, wheat on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hulled Barley – Four Star Farms
From the banks of the Tigris and the Euphrates, to the coast of the Mediterranean and down into Egypt stretches the Fertile Crescent. Aptly known as the “cradle of civilization,” this land bore witness to many of the earliest human settlements. Historians have documented the development of basic architecture, tools, weapons, agriculture and a reliance upon the foods grown in cultivated fields to as far back as 9,000 B.C.E. Cereals, grasses and grains were among the first crops to be harvested and prepared, usually by grinding them into meal and cooking them over a fire. Grains were also ground into flour for bread, or fermented and brewed into beer. (more…)
Posted in Farms & Gardens, Produce, United States, tagged Allen Farms, asparagus, chives, cooking, fiddlehead ferns, food, foraged, foraging, herbs, local farms, local produce, radishes, ramps, spring on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Local Radishes
Traditionally, the beginning of spring is marked on a calendar date, but many believe in other signs of a new season. Some watch for the first crocuses and tulips. Others await opening day at Fenway Park. Still others believe spring arrives only after Formaggio Kitchen fires up the grill and begins the sidewalk barbecue season.
But for me, spring officially arrives with locally grown vegetables, farm fresh eggs and wildly foraged edibles from hearty New England soil. (Though I certainly won’t turn down BBQ for lunch on Saturdays.)
At Formaggio Kitchen, we work with as many local farms as possible to bring in a wide variety of produce. Although spring is arriving decidedly late this year, we’ve already received a bounty of fresh vegetables from some of our favorite farmers. (more…)
Posted in Cheese, Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge, Main Dishes, Pairings, Recipes, tagged Aria, cooking, Fontal, food, guanciale, Mulino Marino, Nostrale di Elva, pizza, pizza Val d'Aostana, recipe, Recipes, speck on January 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Potato, speck, garlic, Fontal, parm and arugula pizza.
Recently, a fellow monger, Mike, and I decided to have a leisurely pizza night at home. The weather outside was frightful, a movie was so delightful, and since there was no place to go, we made pizza. Pizza, beers and movies. Classic. However, instead of ordering from the mediocre pizzerias in my neighborhood, we decided that it would be more fun to make it ourselves! (more…)
Posted in Appetizers & Hors d'Oeuvres, Cheese, Main Dishes, Recipes, tagged Aligot, Appenzeller, Auvergne, Beaufort, Cantal, Cheese, Comté, cooking, Emmental, Emmentaler, fondue, fonduta, Fontina d'Aosta, Fontina Val d'Aosta, food, France, Gruyere, Italy, Laguiole, melted cheese, recipe, Recipes, Salers, Vacherin Fribourgeois on January 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
As a child, I was an avid reader of Asterix and Obelix comics and there are a couple of images from the series that made an indelible mark. One was of Obelix furious and red in the face (I was always a little partial to Obelix) after Dogmatix had somehow been threatened. Another was of some poor, pathetic Roman who keeps losing his piece of bread in a large cauldron full of fondue. As the comic progressed (I think it must have been the one where Asterix and Obelix are in Switzerland), the cheese stretches all over the room and all over the partakers of the meal. That was my first image of fondue – it seemed fun, crazy and probably amazingly delicious. (more…)
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