Mascarpone. How cheesy.

by | Feb 9, 2008

Welcome, class, to today’s Fresh Pick: MASCARPONEHailing from Italy’s Lombardy region, mascarpone [mas-kahr-POH-nay] is a buttery-rich double- to triple-cream cheese made from cow’s milk. It is ivory-colored, soft and delicate, and ranges in texture...

Comfort food

by | Jul 23, 2006

I didn’t do a single thing all weekend except sleep on the sofa and watch endless hours of mindless television. It used to be that I’d brood about this for a week: how could I possibly have let an entire weekend go by without doing anything...