Comments on: Do You Really Need a Recipe?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:32:34 +0000

I’m glad you shared this recipe! It looks delicious. I rarely ever cook with arugula.

By: Kate @ Savour Fare

Kate @ Savour Fare — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:25:47 +0000

I buy wild arugula in a bag from Trader Joe’s — it’s small but relatively hardy and has a great texture. People who are novices always want to learn to cook without recipes and I tell them that recipes are the key to cooking when you start out – learn from people who are more experienced, and as you get more familiar and comfortable with recipes you start to understand how to work and how to change them to suit your taste and your vision.

By: Gaby

Gaby — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:07:49 +0000

wow that sounds delicious! I love arugula… so peppery and spicy :) I love it on pizza and sandwiches too!

By: Chiara

Chiara — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:02:15 +0000

PPS (and then I shut up!)
Just another curiosity as you appear to be so passionate about food and eating habits: in Italy we never add Parmesan if the sauce contains no meat.

By: Chiara

Chiara — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:55:46 +0000

PS: this simple garlic, tomato and basil sauce is called in Italy “sugo finto” which means “mock sauce”. The sauce is “mock” compared to the various kinds of classic “sugo” which involve meat.

By: Chiara

Chiara — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:51:07 +0000

I can’t understand whether arugula stays for the italian “rucola” but I guess so, I’ll try and add it to my “pasta alla partenopea” next time I do it. It’s just the same recipe as yours with mozzarella (or better burrata!) at the end: simple, apparently just an idea and not a recipe but so… yummie!

You find it here, unfortunately in italian =)

By: Ele

Ele — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:17:40 +0000

I used to hate rocket (that’s what we call arugula in the UK, and sometimes in Canada, too) but I’m learning to like it more. One of the first ways I got used to it was in pasta, then I graduated to pizzas, salads, etc. My fave pasta with rocket is a Nigella Lawson recipe, with chili, garlic and white wine. VERY good.

By: Stacey Snacks

Stacey Snacks — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:02:36 +0000

I can’t live without arugula.
I put it on everything and in every pasta dish and top every pizza with it. I love that spicy peppery taste.
It doesnt do well in our garden, NJ gets too hot and arugula always wilts.
and I find my best dishes are prepared on the fly, without a recipe!
See you soon!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:44:13 +0000

oh those cheese shreds have me salivating!!!! i love this.

By: Emily Rose

Emily Rose — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:42:40 +0000

I don’t think there is ever anything wrong with uncomplicated, simple recipes! In fact, I’m always looking for these types of recipes. I almost bought a big bunch of arugula today at Whole Foods- now I wish I had! P.S. I finally made roasted cauliflower the other night after having read about it ages ago on your blog. I am now completely addicted and I even emailed the link to the post to my grandmother! Thanks!