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Next Sunday, August 22, is the first annual celebration of World Kitchen Garden Day, where we gather in our gardens and celebrate the miracle of all things that grow. Created in response to “National Snack Food” month we get to pat ourselves o (read full article)
There, in the center of our lunchtime salad is the last Sicilian tuna that I’ll buy and that really sucks. Even the Italians have over-fished their tuna. Sicilian tuna fishing has a long, long history, possibly dating back to the Phoenician or (read full article)
Necessity, is without a doubt, the mother of invention. Hunger amps necessity Especially at lunchtime.So, the story goes like this. It’s about noon when I feel the first hunger rumble. I need to be fed regularly, it’s just the way I’m wir (read full article)
Not just any scallop, but a cappasanta, it’s a giant scallop with its erotic roe still attached. They/ve been in the fish market for the past few weeks and I just love them. My standard way to cook them is a tiny (read full article)
It’s cherry season in Italy, and I’ve been not so patiently waiting to make another batch of Maraschino cherries. Last year’s batch was stupendous, addictive, a reason to drink another Manhattan. With craft cocktails, Slow (read full article)
Ssshhhh...I'm not going to say this too loud or the Weather Gods might hear, but I think our weather has finally turned from eternal rain to sun. In the spring, a livelier palate changes on the burnish'd hearth In the spring, a young (read full article)
Woo hoo!!! We have our first ‘harvest’ from our orto (vegetable garden). Well, OK, it might be an exaggeration to call it a harvest, but it was a colander full of rucola (or arugula or rocket, everyone calls it something different, depends on whe (read full article)
I’ve had some interesting emails sent my way after my post about culinary heritage, so while pea season is over, I have other mundane kitchen chores to keep my hands busy while I think about the impact of culinary heritage.The Locanda al Gambero R (read full article)
According to that ever-flowing fount of knowledge, also known as Wikipedia, Pasta Primavera is an American-Italian pasta dish invented in 1974 by Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque fame. I beg to differ. Pasta Primavera mean (read full article)
Spaghetti alla carbonara is the pasta you make when all you have in the house is pasta, cheese, an onion and an egg and maybe some bacon or pancetta. It's the back up plan, easy way out, in a pinch, gotta eat now sort of dish you should know ab (read full article)
I'm not a fan of single use items, like garlic presses, or corncob holders. If you want to be a tool in my kitchen you need to be sturdy, versatile, easy to clean and good looking. These are the exact same requirements that you should keep in mi (read full article)
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