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 favorite ways [...]
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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 occasion! I haven’t [...] 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. Click here for more [...] 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 the US [...] 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 [...] 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 Italy not [...] 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 more. I [...] 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 tomatoes from [...] 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 [...] The question is, what is Italian food? I continuously see commercials for large chain restaurants that promote their pizza or pasta or panini or whatever “they think” Italian food is and how they have conquered it… finally!! The ones that irk me the most recently are from Pizza Hut. One commercial shows how they go to [...] |
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