Pumpkin Risotto with Bacon + Sage

  I thought I should come up with a creative and new spin on pumpkin risotto, but some flavor combos stick around for a reason. Take pumpkin and sage, for example. I didn’t see any need to mess around with that other than to add bacon (duh!). You can look back at...

Corn + Parmesan Broth

When you cut the kernels off of a corn cob (like maybe for this summer shrimp pasta), what do you do with the cobs?  Most likely you throw them away, or perhaps you’re a good citizen and compost them.  But either way, it’s a shame to toss them because they still hold...

Basic Risotto for Two + Bellina Alimentari

This post is brought to you in partnership with Bellina Alimentari, an Italian market and cafe in Atlanta where I teach cooking classes.  As always, all opinions are my own. Risotto doesn’t take a tremendous amount of skill, just some quality ingredients and...