caterina cacciatore

take the pound of hamburger you got for the dogs and with a chopped onion and some garlic brown the meat in a heavy pot with olive oil / season with salt and pepper

when the meat is brown add that quart jar of tomatoes from last year, the year there were lots of different kinds of tomatoes instead of the previous year when there were only cherry tomatoes and their considerable variations

a perfect quart of mixed tomatoes

deluxe

add what's left of the chicken broth / maybe a cup / and the glass of red wine from last night

simmer on the back burner

seasonings will be a small palmload of brown sugar / an herbal bouquet of fresh parsley with snippets of sage and lavendar / pinches of cinnamon

i had this with cappellini / angel hair pasta / a little parmigiano sprinkled on top and a spritz of olive oil / maybe a pat of butter