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Pizza Rustica

1/28/2008

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My daughter was in NYC over New Years.  She was born 18 miles from Manhattan, across the George Washington Bridge, when we lived there for two years in the 1980's.  I spent much of those two years exploring NYC.  I rarely would take the subway.  I preferred walking so I could see everything there was to see.  One day I covered 112 blocks.  When friends came for a visit, we would go into the city and the first place I would take them was a food emporium.  My favorites were Zabar's, Balducci's and Dean & DeLuca.  Luckily, most of my friends felt the same way about food as I did, but occasionally there would be the visitor who was wondering why we weren't at the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty.  So, when my daughter was planning her trip to NYC and asked me for suggestions on where to eat, knowing how I roamed and combed that city, I realized the names I gave her were restaurants I have read about and would like to try the next time I visit NYC.  Many of the places I frequented when we lived there almost 25 years ago no longer exist.  The average life expectancy for a restaurant in NYC is 2 years.  But it got me thinking about the places I used to go and one of my favorites was the DDL Foodshow on the Upper West Side.  DDL stood for Dino De Laurentiis, movie producer, restaurateur  and grandfather of Giada De Laurentiis of Food Network fame.  My favorite item on the menu was the pizza rustica.  I had never eaten it before and this one was really good!  Giada has a pizza rustica recipe on the Food Network site.  I don't know if it's the same one that was served at the restaurant, but it is very good.  The pizza rustica that is shown above was made from a recipe out of the King Arthur cookbook.  I like this recipe a lot and will add sliced cooked sausage.  Be sure to let the pizza rustica cool completely before unmolding!

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mary audrey apple
1/28/2008 06:10:14 am

Marie told me about your new site. Oh my, what wonderful memories of over-indulgence in France. And now could you come up with some low fat versions of all our old favorites ???? - for the geriatric set that can no long do the butter/cream thing!!!!!! I'll send along my reduced fat clafoutis.
Best, mary audrey

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