Creamy, savory, and toothsome goodness

As many of you know I have an enormous passion for risotto. I was introduced to this king of Northern Italian dishes in 1991 by my dear friend Matteo and his very talented brother Benjamin. The brothers were Italian born and Benjamin was living in Milano at that time and had come to pay his brother a visit in Dallas where Matteo and I were studying (mostly drinking, smoking, and talking). Matteo and our other roommate Ralph had been touting the culinary prowess of Benjamin for sometime and I for one was skeptical that this guy was going to cook food in my shitty student apartment that was going to blow me away. [Read more...]