DownTown Gourmet ABQ Albuquerque

Most people balk at the idea of cooking for large crowds of people. With images of huge stockpots boiling over and becoming chained to a hot stove and oven for countless hours on end, it’s no wonder that so many people avoid the idea of cooking food for large crowds with more tenacity than they [...]

So many of us use herbs and vegetables from our gardens for regular daily cooking. It’s much more practical to plant those species close together for quick picking. When you’re tossing up a fresh tomato salad, it’s so handy to have the tomatoes, green onions and basil planted close together. All you have to do [...]

serve 4 ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 carrot, chopped 1 celery stick, chopped 50g/2oz streaky bacon, diced 350g/12oz minced beef 400g/14oz canned peeled plum tomatoes 2 teaspoons dried oregano 125ml/4fl oz red wine 2 tablespoons tomato purée salt and freshly ground black pepper 700g/11?2lb dried [...]