*the salt content in this recipe helps to keep and cure the sofrito so when adding as a base to your food, there’s usually no need to season as much if any. Always taste your food before seasoning.

Loyal Statesman reader (and recipe clipper) Carlene Brady sent me an email a few weeks ago with her recipe for ratatouille, the rustic French dish made popular by the Disney movie of the same name ...

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"Ratatouille" is a funny word. It sounds staccato and dull when pronounced in English — rat-a-too-ee. It takes on quite a different sound when pronounced in French — ra-ta-tooo-yuh, more melodic and ...

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Loyal Statesman reader (and recipe clipper) Carlene Brady sent me an email a few weeks ago with her recipe for ratatouille, the rustic French dish made popular by the Disney movie of the same name ...