Last year I posted on “Grispelle” and la Grispellissima festival that is held December 8th in Feroleto Antico, where my family is from in Calabria but I didn’t include a recipe… so here it is. My family makes a fried potato-dough with and without anchovies every year at Christmas time: We call them grispelle [...]
It was a small turn out for this year’s “Seven Fishes Feast” but that’s not going to stop us from making merry! We have some wonderful recipes, I’ll pull out some vino bianco and we’ll give everything a try.
Linda at “Ciao Chow Linda” has gotten this party started the right way… she posted a [...]
It looks like we have a slow start to this years Seven Fishes Feast… so I’ll have to get things started with some of my favorite dishes. My father is the fisherman in the family and a great cook as well… so he usually takes the reigns on Christmas Eve. { To be clear, he usually [...]
It’s that wonderful time of the year again! We had our first snow here in New England this past weekend with more on the way tonight, which always helps me get into the Holiday Spirit. Christmas Eve is only a few weeks away, so we need to start planning for a wonderful Feast! My [...]
The last of the fresh black olives from California were still available this week, so we bought a few cases to cure for the holidays. These are colossal Sevillano Olives from Penna (some are almost prune size) and a little banged up, so I’m making them 2 ways. I’ll put the better olives under a simple [...]
It’s sometimes difficult to keep on top of your Italian language skills when you’re away from Italy, your family and others that speak Italian. I find that listening to music and reading are a big help… especially if you enjoy it. Here’s a song from Alex Britti called “Piove” that I like. Hope you enjoy it [...]