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A week ago I reported on Facebook that, in an effort to make a home-cooked meal before my son left for study in Jordan, I searched the Internet for a simple recipe for shrimp risotto – one of David’s favorites. Here is what I found: Shrimp Risotto.

Only after assembling the ingredients did I read the history of the recipe: Forbes magazine, August 11, 1997, from an article by Daniel Roth, who learned how to make the dish from Michael Lomanaco. Chef Lomanaco was then executive chef of the World Trade Center. Lomanaco continues to dazzle diners in New York, but many of his staff perished on 911.

This recipe is both simple and delicious. And as it advises, don’t forget the saffron.