Arancini!
A favorite Sicilian old-timey antipasto. By old timey I mean quite ancient- The first reference to them in their earliest form (hand formed balls of spiced meat coated and fried…known to the average 13th century Arab as Naranjiyya-or little orange due to the egg and saffron in the coating) is from the Baghdad Cookery Book ca. the thirteenth century.
The Arabs did it first, but the Sicilian argue they do it best.
To be exact they are stuffed rice (risotto) balls coated in bread crumbs and fried in olive oil to a … 
Thanksgiving is over. I took full advantage.That’s my goal most Thanksgivings. Why? Because I’m a Nipmuc, of course. You might know us from all those images of us breaking bread with some starving English border jumpers in the 1620s… Being a descendent of the recipients of the short end of the Thanksgiving stick, I love digging into some generous pilgrim’s cupboard for some delicious retribution, do it every chance I get.
I get a lot of chances.
But we’re past that, right? We’re all friends here, and the W&M rainbow coalition is … 
Japan makes it better? Knives, yes. Sorry, wow… Before you say anything, please, juss a sec. I’ve swung this blade and that one in my minute in the kitchen. After all of that swinging good knives and crap knives and knives no one should ever know about, I like my Macs.
The steel has personality. Odd as that may sound they cut some things more willingly than others, they are really proud of their neat little clean lines, wanna to be held and doted upon, and as do all companions, need …
I love these modern times. As a Chef, they are some good years. Food as acknowledged in the surrounding culture has provided the ultimate vindication for the food fanatic. Most of us know something more than you/we used to about why what’s good is good and why what ain’t isn’t.
Michael Pollan, I cant say enough about the guy. This is a cat I read and have to discuss with whomever happens to be around. On the train, on the sidewalk, at the hospital, the bank, buying long johns, or at …
At the W&M compound, we are Juicing, no not THAT kind of juicing… Fruits, vegetables, roots, twigs, and green leafy things no one thinks of ‘drinking’, make us so so strong. The Instrument of choice: The Breville Model800JEXL…
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The Juice Fountain Elite.
Drink it in.
