Let me begin my final post with an apology for not posting my last recipe on the scheduled date. I have JUST returned from 4 weeks in Italy (Venice, Bologna and Lake Como), where I ate many of the foods … Continue reading →
And here it is . . . my last recipe to make as a part of this blogging activity. I wonder if that is why I was a tad later than normal – trying to savour the experience for as … Continue reading →
I was so excited when I saw this was one of my recipes. The day this recipe will post, I will be ARRIVING in Bologna for 13 days, after my week in Venice. This recipe is done in the food … Continue reading →
Wow – how can we be done desserts already? I don’t know how it happened but her eit is, my last dessert recipe – Black Grape Gelato. I have eaten my weight in gelato during various trips to Italy, in … Continue reading →
I happened to make this on one of our “triple digit” days last week. Yes, the temperatures were over 100. It was great timing, as this is a simple and refreshing dessert! You just slice some oranges (I used Cara … Continue reading →
Yesterday Sandi made Zabaglione – that wonder frothy Italian concoction of cooked egg yolks, sugar, and wine that is slowly cooked and whipped into a frenzy. For my post today I got to make a similar recipe but mine was … Continue reading →
This is Romagna’s version of a breakfast cake, delicious with a morning caffee latte. Right up my alley! There is a hint of lemon zest, butter, flour, sugar, warm milk eggs, and either a combination of cream of tartar and … Continue reading →
Back around Christmas when the chestnuts from Italy poured into the markets I picked up a pound of them so that I could make this dessert. Marcella writes about how she would nibble on these wine-stewed chestnuts while sitting next … Continue reading →
We’ve been playing with vegetables and other healthy stuff since before Christmas! It is fitting that we move on to sweet things next. I was curious to see what this chapter would bring. When you think of Italian food I … Continue reading →
This simple salad consists of only a few ingredients: cannellini beans, some sweet onion, Italian tuna packed in olive oil, salt, black pepper, a dash of red wine vinegar, and extra virgin olive oil! I have had a love affair … Continue reading →
I originally made this recipe in the fall when I made THE. BEST. RECIPE. IN. THE. BOOK. . . . pork loin in vinegar with bay leaves. It was a wonderful addition to the meal. Through a strange twist of … Continue reading →
. . . and here we are in the salad section. My first recipe to make is this Orange and Cucumber salad which I am told is a classic Sicilian preparation – Sicily being the source of some of Italy’s … Continue reading →
What a great way to kick off the salad chapter! This mixed raw salad has a variety of colors, tastes and textures. I used mixed Italian greens, Boston lettuce and arugula. There was also fennel, a yellow pepper, celery heart, … Continue reading →
Originally I made this recipe last August when I first conquered my fear of whole fish and made pan-roasted porgies with lemon and marjoram. Given that the zucchini season was in full bloom and people were begging anyone to take … Continue reading →
I love spinach in almost any preparation, and this classic dish is an old standby! Use fresh spinach, snapping off the ends of the stems. Soak and rinse the spinach leaves several times, then cook until tender, in a covered … Continue reading →
