Italian Food 101 (Part 3) We’ve had a detailed articles on pasta already, focusing on ten Italian classics and one on the Indo-Italian style of pasta. Well, now that we are done with the antipasti, it is time to take a look at pastas again, but from a different perspective. Chef Apar Chatterjee talks about…
Month: June 2021
The Glorious Italian Antipasti
Italian Food 101 (Part 2) The Gourmet Glutton podcast is on its way. Last time, we kick-started our discussion of Italian food with Chef Apar Chatterjee with a look at the Italian antipasti. We looked at some of the integral components of any self-respecting antipasti platter, including the cold cuts and the breads. This time,…
Cold Cuts, Breads, and Beyond
Italian Food 101 (Part 1) Today, The Gourmet Glutton starts something new. A podcast. In the first season, we will talk about Italian cuisine. And who better to show us the way than Chef Apar Chatterjee, one of my oldest school friends who has tremendous knowledge of Italian food. Incidentally, it is also his birthday…
Red, White and Pink
The first plate of pasta I ever had was a 120-rupee plate of penne in red sauce from an obscure little restaurant in Shyambazar, North Kolkata, around 10 years ago. It had these tubes of pasta mixed up with all sorts of exotic veggies in a red sauce, sprinkled with a generous helping of dried…
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