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Wrote on cooking, food & travel including for NY Times, Washington Post, Bittman Project, Heated/Medium, HuffPost, CN Traveler & Daily Meal. Now taking it easy.

Nothing startling here: spaghetti, our last shishito peppers, anchovies, olives, garlic, tomatoes. Except, hidden away, was a modest quantity of grated orange zest, which was startling in a low-key way: every mouthful, every sniff was touched by its perfume. A potent ingredient.

TimeToCook's tweet image. Nothing startling here: spaghetti, our last shishito peppers, anchovies, olives, garlic, tomatoes. Except, hidden away, was a modest quantity of grated orange zest, which was startling in a low-key way: every mouthful, every sniff was touched by its perfume. A potent ingredient.

Shishito peppers from last week's Dag Hammarskjöld @GrowNYC farmers' market. Green ones, ripe red ones, orangish ones, briefly tossed in a hot frying pan. I was so giddy at seeing them, I've forgotten which grower we bought them from.

TimeToCook's tweet image. Shishito peppers from last week's Dag Hammarskjöld @GrowNYC  farmers' market. Green ones, ripe red ones, orangish ones, briefly  tossed in a hot frying pan. I was so giddy at seeing them, I've  forgotten which grower we bought them from.

Great pork shoulder from Ox Hollow farm at the @UnSqGreenmarket. Some of it just became this small batch of goulash - more Viennese than Hungarian: Lots and lots of onions.

TimeToCook's tweet image. Great pork shoulder from Ox Hollow farm at the @UnSqGreenmarket. Some of it just became this small batch of goulash - more Viennese than Hungarian: Lots and lots of onions.

Last night we got home from a 3-week trip full of new sights, flavors - and adventures (often relating to public transport). This evening, our first dinner in our own dining room: Sausage ragù & tagliatelle rolled thicker than usual to stand up to the ragù. It's nice to be back.

TimeToCook's tweet image. Last night we got home from a 3-week trip full of new sights, flavors - and adventures (often relating to public transport). This evening, our first dinner in our own dining room: Sausage ragù & tagliatelle rolled thicker than usual to stand up to the ragù. It's nice to be back.

For a few years, I've wanted to buy a pair of mittens on the theory that they'd be warmer than gloves. Drawn into this lovely shop in Antwerp by its unreconstructed decor, I bought a pair today. Now I need New York to be cold enough to put them to the test.

TimeToCook's tweet image. For a few years, I've wanted to buy a pair of mittens on the theory that they'd be warmer than gloves. Drawn into this lovely shop in Antwerp by its unreconstructed decor, I bought a pair today. Now I need New York to be cold enough to put them to the test.

I haven't been posting much - it takes so much mental (& physical) energy to be a tourist that there's none left to upload photos. But here's what I just ate at CIro's restaurant in Antwerp: Eel with green sauce. This can be a murky, flavorless dish, but tonight's was delicious.

TimeToCook's tweet image. I haven't been posting much - it takes so much mental (& physical) energy to be a tourist that there's none left to upload photos. But here's what I just ate at CIro's restaurant in Antwerp: Eel with green sauce. This can be a murky, flavorless dish, but tonight's was delicious.

At home, walking to the farmers' market and back counts as a big day. On vacation it's different. Here's what we did yesterday (after a walk in St. James's Park): a matinée of Titus Andronicus at the Hampstead Theatre; Rossini's Cinderella at @E_N_O; late supper at @JSheekeyRest.

TimeToCook's tweet image. At home, walking to the farmers' market and back counts as a big day. On vacation it's different. Here's what we did yesterday (after a walk in St. James's Park): a matinée of Titus Andronicus at the Hampstead Theatre; Rossini's Cinderella at @E_N_O; late supper at @JSheekeyRest.
TimeToCook's tweet image. At home, walking to the farmers' market and back counts as a big day. On vacation it's different. Here's what we did yesterday (after a walk in St. James's Park): a matinée of Titus Andronicus at the Hampstead Theatre; Rossini's Cinderella at @E_N_O; late supper at @JSheekeyRest.
TimeToCook's tweet image. At home, walking to the farmers' market and back counts as a big day. On vacation it's different. Here's what we did yesterday (after a walk in St. James's Park): a matinée of Titus Andronicus at the Hampstead Theatre; Rossini's Cinderella at @E_N_O; late supper at @JSheekeyRest.

The last few dinners before traveling often involve excavating and eating treats from the freezer. Hence this evening's fried cod bought a couple of weeks ago @catchofthehamptons at the Dag Hammarkjöld @GrowNYC greenmarket. Cod from our nearby waters really is delicious.

TimeToCook's tweet image. The last few dinners before traveling often involve excavating and eating treats from the freezer. Hence this evening's fried cod bought a couple of weeks ago @catchofthehamptons at the Dag Hammarkjöld @GrowNYC greenmarket. Cod from our nearby waters really is delicious.

Like rösti, but not just potatoes: This one included a julienne of leek and not-too-fierce poblano pepper, both from Juquilita CT Farm at the Dag Hammarskjöld @GrowNYC farmers' market.

TimeToCook's tweet image. Like rösti, but not just potatoes: This one included a julienne of leek and not-too-fierce poblano pepper, both from Juquilita CT Farm at the Dag Hammarskjöld @GrowNYC farmers' market.

A couple of evenings ago we ate a delicious stir-fry of cabbage, pork, leeks, ginger.... Last night, we eked out the leftovers with extraordinarily flavorsome peppers, added some stock and oyster sauce, and reconceived it as a good noodle dish. Fun to eat noodles with chopsticks.

TimeToCook's tweet image. A couple of evenings ago we ate a delicious stir-fry of cabbage, pork, leeks, ginger.... Last night, we eked out the leftovers with extraordinarily flavorsome peppers, added some stock and oyster sauce, and reconceived it as a good noodle dish. Fun to eat noodles with chopsticks.

A while ago we had a delicious long-aged rib eye steak from @EatMeaty at @ChelseaMarketNY. I got them to sell me what, in my anatomical ignorance, I'm calling the cap meat that lay over our steak. I froze it, and we ate it this evening; it was wonderful: tender, juicy, flavorful.

TimeToCook's tweet image. A while ago we had a delicious long-aged rib eye steak from @EatMeaty at @ChelseaMarketNY. I got them to sell me what, in my anatomical ignorance, I'm calling the cap meat that lay over our steak. I froze it, and we ate it this evening; it was wonderful: tender, juicy, flavorful.

Those ripe peppers and tomatoes (all from @GrowNYC market vendors) made quite a beautiful gallon of lecsó. Untypically lush; initially, a shock, but then we could hardly stop eating it (served with spaetzle).

TimeToCook's tweet image. Those ripe peppers and tomatoes (all from @GrowNYC market vendors) made quite a beautiful gallon of lecsó. Untypically lush; initially, a shock, but then we could hardly stop eating it (served with spaetzle).

We just got back from the Dag Hammarskjöld @grownyc farmers' market. Clearly, it's LECSÓ DAY! Hope there's room in the freezer. (And yes, I know most people use long green peppers for this, but I've always preferred a mix of red varieties.)

TimeToCook's tweet image. We just got back from the Dag Hammarskjöld @grownyc farmers' market. Clearly, it's LECSÓ DAY! Hope there's room in the freezer. (And yes, I know most people use long green peppers for this, but I've always preferred a mix of red varieties.)

And, after just shy of two hours' steaming, our cotechino dinner. Lips still stuck together from all that pig skin. Such a great sausage.

TimeToCook's tweet image. And, after just shy of two hours' steaming, our cotechino dinner. Lips still stuck together from all that pig skin. Such a great sausage.

I thought we'd eaten the last cotechino from a batch made a couple of years ago, but, searching in the freezer for something else, I came upon yet another. I believe this really is the last one. We'll eat it a little later with last night's salsa verde & some mashed potatoes.

TimeToCook's tweet image. I thought we'd eaten the last cotechino from a batch made a couple of years ago, but, searching in the freezer for something else, I came upon yet another. I believe this really is the last one. We'll eat it a little later with last night's salsa verde & some mashed potatoes.

Eggplant, tomato sauce, caciocavallo, mint. No leftovers (it was a *very* small eggplant).

TimeToCook's tweet image. Eggplant, tomato sauce, caciocavallo, mint. No leftovers (it was a *very* small eggplant).

Charming display of zucchini / courgette blossoms at Lani's Farm at today's @UnSqGreenmarket @grownyc. Indeed, the whole market was lush and paradisical, if uncomfortably hot and humid. Too bad we're going away for a few days and couldn't buy much of anything.

TimeToCook's tweet image. Charming display of zucchini / courgette blossoms at Lani's Farm at today's @UnSqGreenmarket @grownyc. Indeed, the whole market was lush and paradisical, if uncomfortably hot and humid. Too bad we're going away for a few days and couldn't buy much of anything.

"Baby" bok choi / bai cai from Sunday's Stuyvesant Town @grownyc Greenmarket. Simmered in a broth made with lots and lots of ginger and a few other things.

TimeToCook's tweet image. "Baby" bok choi / bai cai from Sunday's Stuyvesant Town @grownyc Greenmarket. Simmered in a broth made with lots and lots of ginger and a few other things.

Green beans from @SamascottOrch braised with the most delicious tomatoes (and a few other ingredients). Plus just a few cavatelli (home made, but from the freezer - from which they emerged in sterling condition) to make it seem more like dinner.

TimeToCook's tweet image. Green beans from @SamascottOrch braised with the most delicious tomatoes (and a few other ingredients). Plus just a few cavatelli (home made, but from the freezer - from which they emerged in sterling condition) to make it seem more like dinner.

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