They say that there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. I’d like to amend that and say that there are three: death, taxes and the common cold. Today the common cold is keeping me at home with some soup, a space heater, a box of kleenex, and my laptop instead of out at brunch catching up with a friend. I wanted to share this recipe with you as I know at some point you will be presented with a similar scenario.
If you want roasted peppers, most likely you will head to aisle 4 or 7 of your local super market and grab a jar of roasted peppers. But I think there is a better way so put the jar down and head to the produce section instead. Get some fresh peppers, olive oil and balsamic vinegar and you are all set. Roasting your own peppers is as easy as 1-2-3.
Legend has it that Wiener Schnitzel is Italian, and general Radetzky brought the recipe from Milano to Vienna. I heard this story while touring the Imperial Apartments at the Hofburg in Vienna during my semester abroad in college. Apparently the story is not true.
Regardless of its origins, this dish is amazing which explains why we still make it centuries after it was first created. Growing up this was one of my favorite dishes and it remains a comfort food to this day. I tend to make Schnitzel whenever there is a storm, blizzard, or hurricane and I’m stuck in the house. The blizzard of February 2013 will be one to remember, and I’m also hoping that you, my dear reader, will remember this dish and make it at least once. If you make it once, you’ll make it again.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” said Leonardo Da Vinci. Imagine a perfectly tailored little black dress that hugs every curve perfectly making the wearer look the best she has ever looked. Other than a perfect coiffure, shoes, and make up, the outfit doesn’t need much else. In fact, adding too many accessories would only distract from the beauty of the dress and the wearer in it.
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There were no tomatoes in January or February for most of my childhood. Not even in March. The supermarkets were mostly empty and eating in season was not another foodie trend but reality. In case you didn't get a chance to read the "About me" page, I was born in Romania sometime before 1989 when things were not so good. What was going on at that time? In 1981 the Communist leadership decided to pay off foreign debt which meant that most goods produced in Romania were exported and the revenues from such exports went to the payment of the foreign debt, leaving very little for domestic consumption. Hence the empty supermarkets. And long waiting lines when finally sugar or butter or skinny little chickens were delivered to one the stores. And people always carried their own bag in case such an event unexpectedly occurred, yet another current trend that was a necessity for us.
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