The east coast has been been getting hit pretty hard with winter weather recently and with another major storm heading this way, it looks like winter is far from done. (Damn that groundhog!) If you’re looking for a hearty dinner for a cold winter’s night, look no further than this Italian Lentil Soup. It’s quick, easy [...]
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I was in New York City most of this week and Wednesday I got a chance to do some exploring, so I decided to do a little foodie tour of the city. After my morning coffee and chocolate briosce at a small cafe’ in Soho, I headed off to find some “Italian” in the city that [...] Gramigna, is often found on menus in Emilia Romagna but very difficult to find here in the US… let me restate that: Gramigna is difficult to find outside of northern Italy and near impossible to find in the US. So, when I came across it at Ocean State Job Lot (a closeout chain of stores here [...] Last summer I made a recipe that Lorraine at Italian Foodies posted and it was a huge hit with everyone who tried it. Since then I have passed the recipe along to several friends who love it just as much as we do. When I found these wonderful porcinis the other day, I thought it would [...] Italians like to make way too much food. Have you ever been to an Italian wedding or baptism or holiday dinner or any Italian occasion where food is served… and left hungry? My mother always worries that there won’t be enough food… Me: What did you make? Mom: I made some soup, a few pounds of pasta, meatballs [...] 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 [...] I’ve made lots of friends through sopressata… I really have. My father has been offered money, a friend wants to feature it in a future restaurant he is opening and one of my Irish buddies has somehow gotten “in” and now chips in financially and helps make them in order to get a share… in turn, [...] This delicious fruit has many names: Prickly Pear, Cactus Pear, Tuna, Cactus Apple and in Italian: Fico d’India (ficundiana in calabrese)… here at italyville.com, I call it Y-U-M-M-Y!
The cactus that produces cactus pears is abundant in many areas of Italy (especially in the south) as well as here in the US. The fruit [...] There’s nothing like roasted red peppers to add that extra flavor to a sandwich, as a side-dish, appetizer or in your favorite recipe. We usually roast red bell peppers but you can certainly roast green, yellow, orange… or any other color you like. Roasting red peppers has been an annual tradition in our family for as [...] UPDATE: Just to clarify: I certainly realize that Italians eat packaged foods and other “porcheria” like anyone else and that Italian companies make (in my opinion) junk (like Barilla sauce, which we also have here) My point is this: Regardless of what you name it or who makes it or where you may have learned [...] |
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