About The Partially Examined Life. 1  The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy.
Ratatouille originated in the area around present day Occitan ProvenÃ§a (French: Provence) & NiÃ§a (French: Nice, Occitan: NiÃ§a); the Catalan xamfaina and the Majorcantombet are versions of the same dish. It is a traditional French ProvenÃ§al stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice. The full name of the dish is ratatouille niÃ§oise.
Slow-Cooked Ratatouille Over Goat Cheese Polenta. Parmigiano-Reggiano adds salty, nutty richness to this ratatouille, which rivals the best oven versions. To speed preparation, feel free to skip the first step of salting and rinsing the eggplant and zucchini (this process draws off any bitter juices). Instead, just remove any particularly seedy and brown parts of the eggplant, or use smaller Japanese eggplants (which also do not need to be peeled).