Comments on: pasta puttanesca, broken artichoke hearts salad

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:02:16 +0000

I make puttanesca sauce for my husband ALL THE TIME! He tells me he likes it without anchovies (he’s got a problem with those tasty fish) and to never put them in. “Of course, honey, what ever you say.” Boy, he doesn’t know how many anchovies he’s had in the past 5 years!

By: jeni

jeni — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:38:17 +0000

Hi Deb, just wanted to say that I doubled this pasta and served it for 5 of us last night when it had somehow gotten to 5p.m., we had 3 unexpected guests, and we hadn’t even shopped for dinner. We were able to find all the ingredients (an amazing feat considering the only grocer within walking distance is about the size of a large 7-11) and it was delicious!! Thanks for always having fantastic food that spans the “effort-o-meter” from huge and elaborate to, well, this.

Cheers from Scotland,
Jeni

By: ganda

ganda — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:26:24 +0000

How did I miss this? This makes me worship Gabrielle Hamilton even more.

By: shelley

shelley — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:47:55 +0000

So, the question is… did you indeed save time for “other things”? :)

Happy v-day- we always stay in on amateur night too.

Oh, and now that I know it was you who had the kitchen renovation, I’m checking out your archives to see how you dealt with it all!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:04:06 +0000

Lovely post and even better Puttanesca…one of my faves, by the way. Your photos made me want to lick the screen.

Any more pasta dishes around? I host Presto Pasta Nights – a weekly roundup of pasta dishes and next week we hit the big first year anniversary. http://onceuponafeast.blogspot.com/2008/01/presto-pasta-night-roundups-2008.html check it out.

By: jive turkey

jive turkey — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:07:48 +0000

Your photos made my mouth water at 8am yesterday morning. After a quick grocery store trip last night, I’m making the Pasta Puttanesca tonight!

Also: I saw your site mentioned in a magazine this weekend, but I can’t remember which one! Maybe Real Simple? At any rate: go you!

By: deb

deb — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:36:04 +0000

I hadn't even seen that post yet--you're quick! Eating Asia is one of my favorite food blogs. The photos blow my mind, and make me want to go out and eat some street food, like, stat.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:07:48 +0000

Hi Deb. This comment has nothing to do with puttanesca or artichokes, but I just ran into this post at EatingAsia (http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/2008/02/never-ever-live.html) and for some reason I immediately thought of you.

It does not contain a recipe, and neither Foodnetwork nor Epicurious have recipes under the name “sans rival”. However, a quick google for “recipe sans rival” comes up with a few options.

It’s a tad fussy because of the multiple layers of merangue, but I know how you LOOOVE making fussy recipes in your NYC kitchen! ;o)

Happy eating!
-Mike

By: RecipeGirl

RecipeGirl — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:29:11 +0000

Wow, beautiful artichoke shot!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:09:04 +0000

A beautiful little Italian artichoke that we like to bring to the table is called ‘Violetto’. It cooks up violet-purple heart and all. The color and its elongated buds are stylish and a conversation stopper. Oh, yeah, it’s tasty too!