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2009-01-01 Cheap Eats in 2008 - Bostonist: Boston News, Food, Arts and Events

Of course, hearty and filling comfort foods often found a place in our reviews. When snow is streaming out of the sky, only really good food is going to get your out of your house.

Everyone is getting a little tighter with their money, but thats no reason to stop eating out. If 2008 was any measure, theres tons of good food out there. Finding it make take a little exploring, but when you can say you found

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2009-01-01 Hoppin John risotto is a lucky dish

The key to cooking risotto is to gently simmer the rice while you stir it constantly, gradually adding hot broth to the rice. The liquid should be completely absorbed before you pour more into the pot. The rice will slowly absorb moisture and gradually release its starch, creating a creamy texture. The individual grains will taste somewhat firm, but fully cooked.

Black-eyed peas will also soak up cooking liquid, so Ive added extra broth at the end to keep the dish creamy. HOPPIN JOHN RISOTTO 3 cups chicken broth 3 sprigs fresh thyme 4 strips applewood-smoked bacon 1/2 cup chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, chopped 2/3 cup arborio rice 1/3 cup dry white wine 11/2 cups cooked black-eyed peas 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves Freshly ground pepper

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2009-01-01 77 Square: Food: Restaurants: Reviews: Square Meals: Bucatinis 45 pastas worth waiting for

However, the risotto piemontese ( usd. 14. 99) was still warm and absolutely sensational. Its one of the best meals Ive had in recent memory. The risotto was in a wonderful gravy made with pinot grigio and white truffle oil. Italian fennel sausage, porcini mushrooms and onions -- three ingredients that make for a successful pizza -- completed the generous dish.

The time between courses was about 45 minutes. But the food, I will say, was worth waiting for. I had the manicotti di aragosta e gamberi ( usd. 15. 95), a special, that was fantastic. Three manicotti were stuffed with meaty pieces of lobster and shrimp and surrounded by a saffron-laced vodka cream sauce.

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2009-01-01 Butternut Squash Risotto: Holiday Comfort Food Doni Greenberg dot com

Most of us are watching every penny that we spend, and risotto is a perfect dish to stretch grocery budgets. Most grocery stores sell boxes of Arborio rice, which many will find to be quite costly. An alternative is to shop at the bulk section of Winco. Winco has fantastic finds, including Arborio rice. It is my favorite place to purchase bulk chocolate, dried fruits and nuts as well.

One of my favorite cold-weather dishes to serve my family and friends is risotto. Risotto is an incredibly versatile dish, perfect for cleaning out the vegetable drawer or using leftovers.

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2008-12-31 Beacon of hope Sarasota Restaurants and Bars Features

That veal paillard ( usd. 25) looks almost as impressive as the plate its resting on. The golden-fried patty is almost paper-thin and aggressively tender. However, theres a distracting blast of orange flavor in almost every bite that meshes poorly with the red sauce puddle around the meat. Also, melted fontina and a huge pile of veggie risotto stacked in the middle of the cutlet reduce the pleasure of a crisp yet tender texture continuum. Admittedly, its so big you may not make it to the center of the veal anyway.

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2008-12-28 New feels refreshingly old - Restaurant Reviews - Epicure - Entertainment

A bewitching, broad-rimmed plate of the most superb gnocchi - light, flavoursome ribbed little witchetty grubs of potato and semolina - comes out with a delicate, thoughtful cream and gorgonzola dolce sauce, a little chopped parsley and a studding of first-class walnut halves ( usd. 22). Its neither entree nor main, but it is a powerful reminder of what gnocchi is supposed to be and how far most home cooks are from this airy, rich and homely classic. Better - even - is the classic risi e bisi (rice and peas) a kind of risotto made with Italian carnaroli. The vibrantly green puddle of white grains in a fresh pea/pancetta-infused chicken stock is dotted with exceptional nuggets of fried pancetta, fresh peas and a nest of cornflour-dusted and fried calamari matchsticks at the centre, a fairy ring of sorrel leaves adding to the lemony tang

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2008-12-28 SF Station: Opaque - Dining in the Dark

By the time our entrees came, we were ready to rumble. (Sean had already mentioned that sometimes, diners will leave the majority of their dishes uneatenpresumably because of the mathematical complexity of balancing fork against food. ) My husband chose the grilled free-range chicken breast over delicata squash risotto, broccolini, Portobello mushrooms, and a red wine reduction (seasoned well, traditional but good, he offered afterwards).

Opaques reason for existing could easily be written off as a gimmick (one that Nervous Nellies and uber-foodies wont appreciate), but to base the Dining in the Dark experience on the cuisine alone would be missing the point. There is a certain element of mystery that Opaque adds to the mix; even gabbing in the dark with your dining mate takes on a magical quality and sets idle fantasies in motion, making it a likely date spot. Reaching across the plate to grab some of his or her grub wont be simple, but at the very least, its the kind of experience that promotes a non-judgmental, dont-take-yourself-too-seriously approach to dining (nervous laughter, fork faux pas, and all)which, unlike the food alone, could be something worth paying for.

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2008-12-27 Vivere Stafford Alan Cookman restaurant review Stoke and Staffordshire News

And the food isnt bad, either; in fact the food is very good indeed, although they did make life difficult for me by offering three equally tempting risottos.

Viveres trio of risottos are the Primavera, the Marinara and the Siciliana, all priced at 8. 50. The first, a vegetarian dish, consists of Italian rice cooked with a mixture of vegetables, tomato, garlic and parsley, while the Risotto Alla Marinara features chicken and prawns cooked with onions, peppers, garlic, red wine and tomato sauce.

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I WAS a late convert to Italian cuisine, but I quickly made up for lost time. Id been wary of Italian food due to a mistaken belief that every dish.

2008-12-27 Restaurant review: The Vineyard Wine Co. -

We paired a caprese salad ( usd. 8. 95) with asparagus risotto ( usd. 14. 95). The salad had thick slices of heirloom tomatoes overlapped with generous rounds of buffalo mozzarella, drizzled with fruity olive oil and a balsamic reduction. The asparagus risotto was an ultra-rich rice bowl that easily overwhelmed the few sips left in my guests glass of Roederer sparkling ( usd. 10. 99). A better match was the Kim Crawford sauvignon blanc ( usd. 11).

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Theres a lot going on at The Vineyard Wine Co. in Lake Mary . So much so you might overlook the food, but dont. - Wine Beer and Spirits Lake Mary Foods and Beverages Bars and Clubs Dining and Drinking Mushrooms Asparagus Lifestyle and Leisure Restaurant and Catering Industry Appetizers Restaurants

2008-12-27 Restaurant review: Locust Tree in New Paltz The Times Herald Record

One of the specials tonight is Venison Osso Buco With Butternut Squash Risotto ( usd. 28). Two venison shanks arrive with a generous amount of bright orange risotto in a humongous portion. The venison is deeply flavored, fall-off-the-bone tender and coated in a luscious dark sauce. The risotto is perfectly prepared. The combination of ingredients is lovely; the risotto matches well with the venison, a perfect seasonal duo.

We are settled into a cozy corner table near the door and are given menus and a wine list. Lovely hot rolls arrive in a crock, served with sweet honey butter. The menu is as modish as the place is historic. Divided into clever categories with names such as "Hoofing It" for meats and "Sea Worthy" for seafood, it mixes appetizers and entrees and takes some time to decipher. It also features a number of unusual ingredients such as smelt, sweetbreads, venison and octopus. Quite a selection.

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