I remember the first time I tried Bufala Mozzarella… it was a party in my mouth! and I thought,“where have you been all my life!”There’s no going back to “other”mozzarella after you experience bufala. If you enjoy bufala as much as I do,you also know that it’s not very easy [...]
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 Custom Search  | Escarole is a favorite green in many Italian families. Some of the more popular ways to prepare escarole are in soup,with beans,and as a simple salad. The escarole in our garden has been ready for a few weeks now and we have been enjoying it to the fullest! One of my [...] Do you ever have those days where you think:What are we going to cook for dinner? You need to go grocery shopping,you didn’t take anything out of the freezer and you really don’t want to make anything that takes too much effort. Spaghetti alla Carbonara is the perfect dish for such an [...] It was a full day of making soppressata,salsiccia and capocollo on Saturday. It was a regular salumificio around here! Add to that my mamma’s cooking, a little homemade wine and quattro chiacchiare and it equals a good time! In about a month,we’ll be able to taste the fruits of our labor. [...] When my parents were growing up in Calabria,they didn’t have much and when it came to cooking,nothing went to waste…especially since they grew up in large families (mom is one of 8 and dad is one of 6.) Many of the foods and recipes that they made came with them to [...] 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,[...] When my parents grew up in Calabria “la Cucina Povera”was in full affect. La Cucina Povera is simply making use of everything/not wasting anything but at the same time creating dishes that don’t sacrifice in taste or goodness. La Cucina Povera emerged due to economic circumstances but continues today in many parts of [...] So I managed to wipe out my entire hard drive last week…to add insult to injury,I have a back-up drive but never got around to hooking it up. All my photos (that I didn’t upload to snapfish) including some of the “fantastic photos”I had yet to post (sorry) and much much [...] A few weeks ago I mentioned that we were having a hard time finding tomatoes here in New England due to a tomato blight in the area and we weren’t going to be able to make sauce this year,which was a big bummer. Well,last week my father found a great deal on [...] 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 [...] |    |  | ||
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