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Someone Pass the Yeast?

When my mother was growing up in Calabria most families made their own bread because they simply couldn’t afford to buy it.  What they also did was share yeast in a very creative way.  After making the dough, they would put a small piece aside (that already included yeast) and they would use it to [...]

Stuff Italians Like

Italians like crusty bread and the end piece of a good loaf of bread.  There is always a battle for the end piece (la tozza) in my house.  I used to laugh when I would hear “PB and J with the crust cut off” … cut the crust off?  why would you do that?  I [...]

Homemade – Italian Bread – Pane di Casa

Once a month Italyville.com will post “Homemade” – authentic homemade Italian recipes. Since this is the first homemade post, well….. we’re going to have to start at the beginning; one of the foundations of the Italian culinary experience, something Italians simply CAN NOT eat without. Pane = Bread. If I had a [...]