In the previous post on traditional spaghetti carbonara (which can be found here) I said just about everything I have to say about the dish and its origins, so this post will be a bit more personal. When I was first learning to cook, I …
Spaghetti Carbonara is one of those dishes that I could eat twice, maybe three times a week without ever getting tired of it. It is just always that good. If you have never had it before, spaghetti carbonara is a dish made with pasta, cured …
Chicken Piccata is a dish in both Italian and Italian-American cuisine, though its exact origins remain unclear. The term piccata actually refers to a method of preparation rather than a dish itself. Chicken piccata is the more common dish in the US and refers to a chicken breast pounded thin, dredged in flour, fried in oil, and served with a lemon, caper, and butter sauce. In Italy, the dish is more commonly made with veal, but the preparation is the same. I have also heard of piccata made with swordfish, seitan, duck, and a variety of other proteins, so the door is open for creative interpretation once you master the basics. Continue reading Chicken Piccata
Welcome to the beginning of The Buslife Kitchen! I have been working on this project since we finished construction of the bus, trying to get a head start on content. I have developed some really delicious recipes that I am excited to share with you, …
The cookware that we carry in our bus is likely quite a bit more than many other modern nomads, but if you can find the space for all of it, you can make every meal that you will find on this website. We have champagne …
When I think of a healthy side dish to put on the table, the first thing that always pops into my head is a bowl of cooked greens. Cooking down a giant pot of greens lets you take in a huge quantity of nutrients from a relatively small serving. The trouble is, big pots of greens often don’t taste so good. Continue reading Italian-style Greens
What you will find below is a list of many of my favorite books. I begin with the most relevant: cookbooks. But I cannot resist also sharing some of my favorite food-related books, and then some of my favorite literature. They are all of them …
Bruschetta (pronounced brew-sket-uh) is not the same dish in the old country that it is here in the states. The chopped tomato bruschetta popular here is actually only one of many varieties. At its base, bruschetta is simply a dish of grilled bread, rubbed with …