The enjoyment of a meal is powerful in a myriad of ways, personal, cultural, and spiritual. Food can bring people together. It can nourish us physically and emotionally, delight the senses, and lift the spirits.
Read, savor and enjoy.
I once learned to make this bread from my dear friend Mufalda (Muffy Maioline. The way she cooked was typical of the way the Italian women in the village of Sagamore cooked. Muffy could not tell me the amounts of the ingredients she was using so to record this recipe, I had to measure everything. […]
This recipe was given to me by Marco Pappalardo owner of Il Regno Seffa Pasta, a shop in Bologna where I bought fresh pasta and dolce treats. In researching this recipe, I found it is a dessert typical of the city of Ferrara. The intense chocolate flavor, moist inside, has few ingredients and is easy […]
This is one of my favorite decadent pasta dishes I make with figs from my trees. If you are not fortunate to have your own fig trees, you can buy them at your local grocery store this time of year. It is a recipe from the London River Café cookbook Italian Easy. Sweet ripe figs […]
(Baked ricotta cake) Ingredients: 2/3 cup sugar 3 eggs, beaten 4 level tablespoons of cornstarch, sifted 450 grams fresh ricotta, one container, drained 1/4 cup cream (I used light) 2 lemons, zest & juice Directions: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and line a 9- inch cake pan with parchment paper. In a bowl, […]
Bagna cauda means, literally, “hot bath.” It is one of the most flavorful savory peasant dishes from the Piedmont region of Italy. And it is quick and easy to prepare and can be served either as an appetizer or as a full meal, in the same dish or pot in which it is made. Suggestion […]
I left for Italy for a month, October/November to study Italian and do research on the Zampone dating back to the 15 century in Modena. Before I left I pitched the article to Darra Goldstein editor Gastronomica. She said, “Do it!” I did but it took me five months! I even stuffed the pigs trotter […]