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Cooking Todays Catch I often hear from folks that, “I have problems grilling fish.” Yes, grilling fish may be a little tricky. There are really delicate fish to cook such as flounder, and then there are large hearty fish to grill such as a large salmon or tuna. Even the larger more robust fish [...]
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The Italian Outdoor Kitchen A friend of mine who shall remain anonymous once stated “Italians don’t know how to grill and they never grill. They don’t cook outside.” My response was, “The only time my cousins in the Apennine Mountains of Italy make pizza is in their outdoor oven which was built when their house was [...]
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Good Eats From Northern Italy Those if us who only recognize the stereotype tomato laced Italian food as authentic Italian, would have difficulty understanding that the Trentino kitchen is an authentic Italian cuisine. To most folks when thinking of an Italian first course Bologna’s Tortellini in broth comes to mind or Naples pasta with tomato [...]
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Polenta, “Comfy” food, Not Just For The “Polentini” Polenta is an ancient food “pulmentum” which fed the Roman Legions. For me it is a food staple that I grew up with. My heritage, roots, are in the Apennine Mountains of Parma, Italy and I often reminisce about my grandparents cooking and giving me the special [...]
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Pasta – Spaghetti [...]
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Comfort Minestra – Warms the Body and Soul Minestre is hearty delicious thick soup. Often confused with minestrone, the big soup. Minestrone has a multitude of ingredients. Where as a minestra may be made with a limited amount of ingredients, three or four, but thick. We believe that Miestra pre-dates minestrone, and it was a [...]
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Hot Antipasti After being outdoors in the fresh cold air, regardless of your outdoor activities, it is nice to come inside and munch on something warm. A delightful comfort is a warm antipasto. It keeps the spirit warm and it warms a cold body. Some of my favorites are Focaccia as an antipasto, crusty fried [...]
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2013 Here We Are! We hope you all had a very enjoyable holiday season and got to cook and eat a lot of real tasty food. Hopefully, you tried some of my recipes. My mate Betty this time of year is in a letdown state after the excitement of preparing for the holidays: shopping, cooking, [...]
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Val’ d’Aosta The Valle d’Aosta is Italy’s smallest region with just one province, Aosta. It is also an atypical region of Italy with its varied culture. Although it is an Italian region, there are those folks who lean towards their German heritage, French heritage, Valdôtain heritage or Italian, and in their community and home they [...]
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In the northeastern corner of Italy, bordering Austria and Slovenia is the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The people and their culture, including their food habits, is influenced by the neighboring nations as well as Italy. The Italian seaport of Trieste is the capital city. Trieste is an important Italian seaport that also serves Eastern [...]
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Copper cookware distributes heat evenly to the food; click on the cooper cookware to purchase.
Ligurian Extra virgin olive oil is a delicate a full flavored extra virgin olive oil
Assorted Italian Cheeses
Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese
