Back from Calabria and I wanted to send everyone l’auguri per una Buona Pasqua! (Best wishes for a very Happy Easter.) Here are a few traditional Calabrian foods we will be eating tomorrow at our house. And here’s a recipe for Fraguni, which are my favorite! What will be on your menu tomorrow?
I brought back [...]
As I mentioned in my recent post about Italian food, some of the best recipes come from Italian creativity when times are tough (la cucina povera) in southern Italy that was pretty much all the time… well, times are tough everywhere! but don’t let that stop you from making delicious Italian food. Pasta Pie or pizza [...]
It’s finally here! Christmas? Nope…. Easter? nope…. your birthday? maybe…. but I’m talking about “World Nutella Day!” If you’re one of the unlucky people that has never tried Nutella, get to your local grocery store and get yourself a jar!! (it’s by the peanut butter at my grocery store.) I would love [...]
Marc Forgione is a good friend of our family. He went to college with my brother Mike and after graduating Marc, my brother and a few other buddies backpacked through Europe (Edgar, Lou, Steve and Jay.) I had to include all their names or I would have gotten an email or 2! They had [...]
It was E’s birthday yesterday and it was a great reason to have a few treats from my sister and brother-in-law’s bakery (as if we need a reason:) Antonio (Tony), my brother-in-law came to the US from Bracigliano (SA) when he was 16. Along with his brother Bruno, they make lots of amazing [...]
If you ever get the chance to experience “the day of the pig” in Italy (mostly southern Italy), I would highly recommend it. It’s not officially called “the day of the pig,” I actually just made that up but many Southern Italian families, my nonni and zii included, will raise a pig each year for [...]