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Living Local in Puglia
All work and no play is just not a good thing. So in the interest of good mental health, part of our work schedule included some well needed beach time in the Gargano area of Puglia. Not knowing anything about the area, other than it was on (read full article)
We're back!
Back in the blog world! It was a wild and crazy time filming all those food videos! I’m told that if the crew immediately falls on the dish and eats it, then it must have looked pretty good. I’ll take that as an indication that things went pre (read full article)
Tonnarelli cacio e pepe
Cacio e pepe, literally 'cheese and pepper', is a very typical Roman dish, usually made with spaghetti, bucatini or—for the ne plus ultra version of this dish—tonnarelli, a kind of square spaghetti made with egg pasta popular in Lazio and A (read full article)
Fave e cicoria
It has become quite fashionable in Italy, even at some chic restaurants, to serve the traditional peasant dishes of what is called la cucina povera, or the cuisine of the poor. These dishes, based on 'humble' ingredients (some of which have ironicall (read full article)
BOLLA.
Bolla is one of the oldest wineries of Veneto, Italy. Abele Bolla founded it in 1883. He owned and operated a small inn called Al Gambero and his objective was to make fine wines for his guests and sell bottles to travellers in transit. Already by 1 (read full article)
Tremors, terracotta, taralli...
Deciding to move away from the chaos of the city and retiring in one of Alberobello’s trulli cone houses–typical whitewashed dry-stone dwellings of the Valle d’Itria– has always been a dream of mine. This has however recently become a very tr (read full article)
Angelina’s Green Beans with Onions and Mint
Although our favorite way of having green beans when we were kids, especially in the summer, was in umido, or stewed with tomatoes, Angelina had another nice way of making green beans with sautéed onions and mint. As it turns out, at least according (read full article)
Zuppa di pesce alla napoletana
Italy, being a rather slender peninsula, is a country where the sea is rarely too far away. And, of course, the products of the sea play a major role in its cuisine. And so it is not suprising that zuppa di pesce, or fish soup, is a dish that you wil (read full article)
Peperonata
Peperonata is a delicious side dish that originates in the Puglia region of Italy. It makes a GREAT accompaniment to any meat dish. One nice thing about peperonata is that it can be made ahead of time, and reheated just prior to ser (read full article)
Cime di Rapa
Cime di rapa are a European vegetable whose English name is broccoli raab or broccoli rabe. Each Italian region calls the leafy greens in a different way too. In Campania Napoli they’re named friarielli, in Toscana rapini. In Rome, they’re brocco (read full article)
Cime di Rapa
Cime di rapa are a European vegetable whose English name is broccoli raab or broccoli rabe. Each Italian region calls the leafy greens in a different way too. In Campania they’re named friarielli, in Toscana rapini. In Rome, they’re broccoletti a (read full article)
Cime di Rapa
Cime di rapa are a European vegetable whose English name is broccoli raab or broccoli rabe. Each Italian region calls the leafy greens in a different way too. In Campania Napoli they’re named friarielli, in Toscana rapini. In Rome, they’re brocco (read full article)
Cheesecake alla Stracciatella, Cime di Rapa e Pomodori
Scroll down for English version Precisiamolo, la cheesecake è salata! La parola stracciatella può trarre in inganno chi non conosce questo formaggio proveniente dalla Puglia. Ma se dico che è quello a pasta filata che viene usato per riempire l (read full article)
Cavatelli neri, cicerchie e frutti di mare
A causa di un abbassamento delle difese immunitarie :-(, ormai è da più di un mese che sto cercando di reintrodurre vitamine all'interno del mio organismo con insalate ultra-colorate, legumi e compagnia bella e, proprio per questo motivo, avevo acq (read full article)
Pasta e Ceci Neri alla Pugliese
Scroll down for EnglishE' una delle tante ricette che la Puglia ci regala insieme ai suoi prodotti tipici: la pasta e ceci. Ho utilizzato i ceci neri che, a onor del vero, ho conosciuto da poco grazie a questo post di Angela che vi invito a leggere p (read full article)
Pane di Altamura
I like the smell of bread bakeries. They're simply called "forni" here, ovens. You walk in and the aroma is intoxicating! I usually rip off a warm chunk of bread from a just-baked loaf and eat it as I walk home from the forno. The "fornaio" is the br (read full article)
Pane di Altamura
I like the smell of bread bakeries. They're simply called "forni" here, ovens. You walk in and the aroma is intoxicating! I usually rip off a warm chunk of bread from a just-baked loaf and eat it as I walk home from the forno. The "fornaio" is the br (read full article)
Media Round Up – Saturday 16th January 2010
Irish Times – John Wilson Errazuriz Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Aconcagua Valley, Chile, 13.5%, €10.49. Errazuriz is one of the larger producers in Chile, with a range of wines at every price. I frequently find their entry level wines o (read full article)
Tiella pugliese
Even though my paternal grandfather was from Grumo Appula, a small town outside Bari in the southeastern Italian region of Puglia, I don't remember eating much pugliese food growing up. Other than a few dishes—orcecchiette with cime di rape (also k (read full article)
Destinations: Italy, Puglia and World's Unique Places; Mishka Bites! [del.icio.us]
Being Italy, simple dishes are often made extraordinary by the ingenuity of the cooks and the sheer quality of the produce ... (read full article)
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