“Are you not afraid of death?” Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio (1883) is a tumultuous and winding morality tale of a little wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy. (I was originally going to say …
Eclipse Pizza | The House of the Devil
Who should I summon with my pizza? It’s finally here!! It’s #Witchtober, hosted by Fiction Food Café. THAT’S RIGHT WITCHES!! Check out the tag for Witchy recipes from fiction all month long. The House of …
Roasted Tomato Soup with Sherry and Cream | The Hunger
You are part of me now, and I cannot let you go. After awhile you will forget what you were, and you will begin to love me as I love you. The 1983 film The …
Grilled Veggie Salad with Tomato Vinaigrette
No barbecue (at our house at least) is complete without a leafy green salad. This one makes use of the grill with grilled onions and peppers, and some goodies on top for interesting flavor and …
Hara Masala Coconut Rice
This rice dish is the perfect side for all your summer barbecues – it pairs perfectly with all kinds of grilled veggies, fish and meat, and particularly well with Caribbean, Southeast Asian, or desi menus. …
Spring Ribollita
I have a well documented love of peasant food (see Castilian garlic soup, and over on our Fiction Kitchen podcast site, Cinderella cassoulet), so of course I adore ribollita which is essentially bean and bread …
Sweet Corn and Blackberry Salad with Basil Vinaigrette
This hardly needs a recipe, other than the directive: throw yummy things in a bowl. This does check all the summer salad boxes though: something fruity, something crunchy, homemade dressing (the only kind), ubiquitous pickled …
Chilled Blackberry Soup with Sweet Corn, Mozzerella and Ricotta
I wanted some ideas for blackberry soup, so I Googled and found several, but they were all sweet! The one savory one I found was a Russian version (Makvlis Supi) which combines blackberries with herbs …
Money Penne
The pesto has lots of symbolic prosperity ingredients: basil for prosperity, almonds for money, leafy greens for bills and sweet corn for coins. It’s super healthy, and the sweet corn, which is deliciously in season, …