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This food blog is inspired by the wonderful home cooking of my Italian grandmother, a native of a small town in Campania called Apice Vecchio. You'll find her recipes here, plus some of my favorite dishes from other parts of Italy, especially Rome, where I lived for ten memorable years.

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Lombardia'

Jul 11

Vitello tonnato

If you've been reading this blog lately you may be wondering if we've been switching themes on you. Well, it's true that summer somehow brings out the experimental side of my otherwise rather staid culinary character. But, fear not, gentle reader, Me (read full article)

antipasti, fish, Lombardia, Meat, piemonte, Pork, secondi, summer

Feb 11

Gnocchi al gorgonzola

It's Thursday again and the Romans out there will know that Thursdays in Rome (and perhaps in the rest of Italy, I'm not entirely sure…) is gnocchi day: giovedi' gnocchi as the saying goes. Today's offering is gnocchi with gorgonzola sauce. This in (read full article)

gnocchi, Lombardia, primi piatti, winter

Jan 24

How to Make Polenta

Polenta is one of the most emblematic dishes of the northern Italian cuisines from the Veneto to Lombardia to Piemonte. It is also one of the oldest foods eaten in Italy, dating back at least to 990 BCE. In its original form, polenta—known to the a (read full article)

Campania, Lazio, Lombardia, Nana, Pasta, piatti unici, piemonte, reference, Veneto

Jan 18

Pizzocheri alla valtellina

Nothing says 'winter' to me like this Alpine buckwheat pasta dish oozing with melted cheese and winter vegetables, a typical dish of the Valtellina in the uppermost stretches of Lombardia, a fairly narrow valley region running northeast from the Lago (read full article)

cheese, Lombardia, Pasta, piatti unici, primi piatti, vegetable, Vegetarian

Dec 21

Brasato al vino rosso

There's nothing like a good pot roast on a cold winter's day! Though it may come as a surprise to some, Italians also make pot roast, which is known variously as brasato or stracotto, but with a 'continental' twist: the favorite cooking medium for It (read full article)

beef, Lombardia, Meat, piemonte, secondi

Dec 13

Buseca alla milanese

As we've mentioned before on this blog, Saturday is tripe day in Rome... sabato trippa, as the saying goes. The tripe served in our house is usually alla romana, but today I made something a bit different: buseca (which is Milanese dialect for tripe) (read full article)

Lombardia, Meat, organ meats, secondi

Nov 21

Ossobuco alla milanese

Perhaps the most emblematic dish of the cuisine of Lombardy, the northern Italian region of which Milan is the capital, ossobuco (or oss bus in Milanese dialect) is veal shank, cut into thick rounds of shank meat around a marrowbone. It is typically (read full article)

Fall, Lombardia, Meat, piatti unici, primi piatti, secondi, winter

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