Blogs
MY TOP 10+ BARBECUE JOINTS IN L.A.
Why are people so passionate about barbecue? Why does barbecue take hold of the imagination so strongly? What about b...
What I’m Drinking Tonight: Amaro Nonino
Recently I’ve been enjoying a wonderful after-dinner drink: Quintessentia Amaro Nonino. This bitter digestif from th...
OSTERIA MOZZA DURING THE DEPRESSION
Not sure whether we're entering into a long-term global economic depression (say 3 to 10 years) or just a serious rec...
WHAT TO EAT WHILE YOU'RE VOTING (WITH WORCESTERSHIRE)
I don’t know about the rest of you but I am so tired of this election I just want a decision made and let's ...
THAT GREEN DRINK I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT
All right, here's a photo of the product. I've been drinking it mixed into water for almost a week now and this stuff...
WHAT EXACTLY IS A NITRITE?
Additives, preseratives, food chemicals, etc., etc. The ingredients in our foods contain far too many unpronoucable s...
The Best Post-Thanksgiving Comfort Food: Turkey Dumpling Stew
Usually on Thanksgiving between 20-25 people come over for dinner. This year we had a smaller group. With 10, we had...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: LA GIOSTRA
With Halloween just around the corner and Thanksgiving sneaking up faster than I anticipated I'm trying really really...
BRESAOLA FROM SALUMERIA BIELLESE
Mark Buzzio of Salumeria Biellese, New York City, at left I’ve been buying cured meat and sa...
OH BRAVE NEW (M&M) WORLD!
Don’t go to your friend’s house for a play-date if you don’t want your kid to eat M&Ms. My frie...
Wine For The Young And Young At Heart
Apologies for the lack of posts over the past couple weeks. I've been traveling, culinarily of course. On my recent ...CAPER CHICKEN WITH PASTA SALAD
Ingredients
For the chicken breasts:
4 chicken breasts, bonless skinless
2 teaspoons capers
3 lemons juiced
5 teaspoons dry basil
For the pasta salad:
1 pound penne cooked to aldente
2 tablespoond olive oil
1 tablespoon dry basil
1/2 lemon juiced
2 cups pre-packaged diced tri-color peppers
1 cup you favorite italian dressing
Directions
Get grill hot
For the chicken breasts:
Lay chicken out and pound each breast with the back of a spoon
Lay out 4 pieces of aluminum foil, place each breast on the foil
Season each breast with 1/2 lemon juiced, 1 teaspoon basil, 1/2 teaspoon capers, salt and pepper to taste
Wrap chicken up in the foil and place on grill
Let cook for 30 minutes
For the pasta salad:
Lay out a sheet of foil place peppers on top season with basil, lemon, salt and pepper
Wrap foil around peppers seal up and put on grill, let cook for 10 minutes
remove peppers from grill toss with pasta, olive oil and italian dressing





















Patience is a virtue...


Comments (0)