Lobster and Shrimp Risotto

Main Course | February 14, 2016 | By

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Lobster and Shrimp Risotto

Lobster and Shrimp Risotto, with asparagus, green onions, and pumpkin oil

Valentine’s Day was always an excuse to cook a fancy three-course meal for my future-wife, usually something indulgent, always rich, often accompanied by something bubbly. As future-wife became actual wife and now mom to two semi-picky eaters, cooking that special meal is fraught with all sorts of complications—the main one being a real and perpetual fear of a nice meal being ruined by a new flavor or two that’s just a little too foreign for the girls’ taste. In order to make sure Valentine’s Day itself wasn’t a total shambles, I instead made this risotto last night. It was a good bet, and by that I mean it was a total failure.

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Porcini Mushroom-Asparagus Risotto

Main Course, Side Dishes | August 5, 2015 | By

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Mushroom-Asparagus Risotto

Porcini Mushroom-Asparagus Risotto

We’re past peak asparagus season here in NY but we’re still eating it at our table. Asparagus is one of those vegetables that has a much longer season than it is usually given credit for: that springtime asparagus hype is always more about it being one of the first green things to pop out of the ground after a long, hard winter. But they remain delicious into August, and sliced thinly as they are in this recipe it’s easy enough to trick a certain set of twins in this household that they are just a kind of green bean, the only vegetable they reliably eat any given night.

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