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Long Grain Pistachio Risotto (adapted from Private Collection, Junior League of Palo Alto, 1980)

Last Saturday I found some beautiful scallops at my local Asian market and made an impulse buy for Sunday dinner, without a firm meal plan to go with it.   After ruling out pasta, polenta, and pilaf I remembered a risotto dish from an old Junior League cookbook that I made for Mothers’ Day.   Risotto alla……

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Risotto alla Milanese (adapted from Private Collection, Junior League of Palo Alto, 1980)

The recipe that perhaps best exemplifies the Junior Leaguer spirit of Private Collection is Risotto alla Milanese.  The author, we are assured, is a member of one of “Northern California’s oldest Italian families” with a “flair and elegance for entertaining”.   While the recipe is assured to be a “crowd pleaser”, making a proper risotto is……

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