@the_rts wins #steakfrites love comp


The voters have spoken: There is no love for steak frites so rare as the one seared in memory by @the_rts. And just why does the winner of the youngandfoodish why-do-you-love-steak-frites competition love steak frites?

@the_rts: #steakfrites juices flowing, meat’s searing, frites frying, smell’s inspiring, melts like butter, heart’s a flutter for steak-frites supper

For his heart-fluttering tweet, @the_rts has won the ultimate steak-frites supper. [Read more...]

4th #vongole video – extra virgin understatement

Calabrian extra virgin olive oilIn part 4 of linguine alle vongole – the finer points of a perfect pasta, Francesco Mazzei stresses the importance of cooking with an understated extra virgin olive oil that won’t overpower the vongole. [Read more...]

3rd #vongole video – bronze die pasta: the rough cut with the right grooves

bronze die pastaIn part 3 of linguine alle vongole – the finer points of a perfect pasta, Francesco Mazzei explains why he and his vongole sauce cling to a bronze-cut pasta that’s been pushed through a bronze die. [Read more...]