Archive for April, 2010

CACCIUCCO LIVORNESE

By Larry Levine This is the recipe I created after reading about the dish in Mediterranean Summer (see recipes page on Table Talk at Larrys.com). Later, I discovered a simpler recipe at the back of the book. The recipe in the book substitutes a pre-made marinara sauce for the sauce I made. According to the [...]
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My Favorite Farmers’ Market

By Larry Levine - My favorite farmers’ market? The Hollywood Farmers’ Market at Hollywood Blvd. and Ivar St. on Sunday mornings. What’s yours? Believe it or not, this old Brooklyn street kid has been shopping au natural since he was 5 years old. It started with summers in the Catskill’s. My cousins and I would [...]
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Food Book Review – Mediterranean Summer

By Larry Levine Author David Shalleck has worked for more than 20 years as a chef and producer of television food programs. This book, however, recounts the experiences of one magic summer in his youth, when he was hired on a 154-foot yacht as the chief cook with control over a ship-board galley from which [...]
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A View from Two Coasts

By Larry Levine What do the River Café in Brooklyn and the Lobster, 1 Pico and Catch in Santa Monica have in common? All three defy the old adage about the impossibility of getting good food and a good view at the same place by the water’s edge. The River Café is in Brooklyn Heights, [...]
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