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Copenhagen Restaurant Gems: Barabba – Bib Gourmand Italian Attitude

Johan Johansen — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:29:00 +0000

“Okay, you don’t like,” he says matter-of-factly and proceeds to down the glass of orange wine he’s just poured me in one massive gulp. How very Italian. He then, in his charming accent, declares: “but I do love you anyway,” and proceeds to bear hug me. It is clear to me at this point that [...]

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Perfect Osso Buco Recipe: A Family Take on Italian Comfort Food

Johan Johansen — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 08:45:35 +0000

Friends, today I offer you the perfect Osso Buco Recipe! I know, I know… I just realized that I haven’t posted a recipe on the blog since May. What say you we change that? Alright? Awesome! Now, regular, functional human beings might have picked something safe for their first efforts in almost 7 months. Me? Not [...]

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Simple Pleasures: The Best Caprese Salad

Johan Johansen — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 07:14:46 +0000

Italian is the language of love. Take this week’s focus dish, for example. Tomato salad? Sounds pretty good, I guess, nice and familiar, not the least bit frightening. Take the Italian name for the dish, then, Insalata Caprese… Sounds, exotic, intriguing, tempting, doesn’t it? Like a dish you’d marry… Or at the very least make [...]

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Simple Pleasures: (Almost) Authentic Spaghetti Carbonara

Johan Johansen — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 07:51:15 +0000

All throughout the week, I had this great plan of cooking something nice for myself Friday evening when I got home from work. Something comforting, rich and intensely flavorful, maybe a little elaborate. Unfortunately, I made it home quite late Friday evening. Now, I would love to say that this was because I spent my [...]

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Authentic Ragu alla Bolognese: Spaghetti Bolognese, only better!

Johan Johansen — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:01:46 +0000

My mother taught me how to cook … that’s how every cook’s story usually begins, and in my case it may also well be true. I certainly recall my mother trying to teach me the basics and insisting that I cooked every now and then. But while my mother may have taught me to cook, [...]

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