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Friday, December 8, 2006

It's beginning to look a lot like....

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Well, now that a dusting of snow has fallen, it's official. Winter weather is here -- even if the actual calendar designation is a few weeks off.

That means it's time to get out the casserole dishes and the stockpots. What will I make this weekend? Cassoulet sounds tempting, but very time-consuming so that might be saved for a family holiday event. A big beef stew, maybe, or coq au vin would be a good way to ward off the chill.

But since it's early in the season, and I have the energy to search out something unusual, I might do a rabbit or veal ragout with pappardelle. Guiliano Bugialli has good recipes for either in his "Bugialli on Pasta." He's a purist, so his instructions for rabbit with tomato and vegetable sauce specify that wild hare is preferable. Good luck finding one here. Rabbits are at butcher shops in the North End and sometimes frozen at other good butchers.

Of course, in our restaurant-rich culture, there's an alternative -- you can go out to an Italian restaurant for your pappadelle and rabbit.

Posted by Alison Arnett at 12:44 PM
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