Vesuvius, Pompeii – Culinary Tour of Italy

February 1, 2012

Authentic Italian Food and Wine From Antiquity to Modern Home Cooking A must when you visit Naples is to go to the ruins of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. The land that surrounds this volcanic mountain is fertile and productive. The ruins remind us that nature, at will, in the blink of an eye, can take [...]

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Naples – A Culinary Tour of Italy

January 27, 2012

Authentic Italian Food and Wine -  Neapolitan Pasta and Beans, Plus Pizza Our second day in the Province of Naples was a bit different from that of the average tourist. We had a very light breakfast with Melina and her immediate family, Peppino her husband and their two boys Pierro and Giovanni. After breakfast Peppino [...]

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Naples – A Culinary Tour of Italy

January 20, 2012

Authentic Italian Food and Wine from Naples It was a bright, hot, sunny August day when we drove south from Rome to Compania. The land to the west was green and farms were heavily cultivated.  They were growing vegetables and fruits that give the taste to Southern Italy’s popular cooking. The panorama to the east [...]

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Rome Forever Eternal – A culinary Tour Of Italy

January 17, 2012

Is the Food Italian or is the Food Italian American? – Part III We were on our last day in Rome and we decided it should be a day of relaxation, good Italian food, good Italian wine and day dreaming. I must admit that at that time of my life I had quite an active [...]

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Rome The Eternal City – A Culinary Tour of Italy

January 12, 2012

More Authentic Italian Food  and Wine From Rome The next few days in Rome were spent on foot visiting the various Roman attractions. As we walked from one neighborhood to another hunger for Italian food would eventually take over our systems. We would then pop into the first trattoria with an open door, and in [...]

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A Culinary Tour of Italy — Rome

January 9, 2012

Authentic Italian Food and Wine From Rome To have heat evenly distributed to your food, particularly for delicately cooked foods, use copper cookware; click on the cooper cookware to purchase. Prevent your wines from going bad, and age wines properly in a controlled wine cellar; click on the image to purchase. For the best seafood, [...]

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A Culinary Tour of Italy – An Introduction

January 5, 2012

Authetic Italian Food and Wine The holiday season is now a nostalgic memory. It is a time when family and friends gathered around the dinner table and discussed many topics. One topic that always comes to our table is food and wine, notably Italian food and wine.  Before you know it, the authenticity of various [...]

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New Years Eve – Happy New Year

January 2, 2012

New Years Eve is celebrated differently by different people. Some folks like to go out and party on the town. The excitement of watching the ball drop in Times Square is a must for many New Yorkers. Others prefer an intimate small gathering of friends and family.  I have done it all and for some [...]

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Our Feast of the Seven Fishes

December 23, 2011

It seems to be common knowledge that everyone in Italy and all the Italians who migrated to every corner of the world celebrate La Vigilia di Natale with a seven fish feast. There was a time when La Vigilia di Natale, Christmas Eve, was a meatless catholic holiday. Therefore, with 2/3 of Italy surrounded by [...]

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Number 1 Struffoli Makers

December 20, 2011

Emma and her right hand man RC, and their helpers It is not just a Grandma’s thing. Everyone gets into the act. Emma and RC are not revealing their recipes. They are keeping them for their grandchildren. However, you may be able to determine the recipe from the following images. A picture is worth a [...]

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