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Discovering Parsnip
I was looking through old cookbooks last night and happened upon one that I had bought in the early 90s, written by a Singaporean chef who owned a restaurant in San Francisco. Tucked away by...
3 minute read![What to Do When You Want to Lose a Few Pounds... AKA Our Weight Loss Strategy](https://uploads.heightsplatform.com/program/rustico/blogarticle/6/cover_image/medium-d5ce559e3b56b5afc551af7d7bff18ff.jpg)
What to Do When You Want to Lose a Few Pounds... AKA Our Weight Loss Strategy
I admit it: we returned from Italy a bit heavier than when we left. Those of you who know us from our cooking classes in NYC or from our culinary tours in Italy know that we lost a lot of weight over the years: Dino used to weigh 65 p...
10 minute read![For the love of beets](https://uploads.heightsplatform.com/program/rustico/blogarticle/2/cover_image/medium-12a482fe7158f94edf059ea5df09ff61.jpg)
For the love of beets
I grew up in a mostly beetless family. My maternal grandmother Lalla, a Romanian Jew, made borscht for many Friday lunches at her home in Milan, but truth be told, I never ate it: the bits of boiled beef floating in the soup put me off. ...
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