Are you burning out on what to fix ? Here in Italy, many of us are still out of work and at home cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner. Both my husband and I have been vaccinated now, He gets his second pfzier next week. But work won’t start for me until Italy opens up to…
You Say Tomato, I Say San Marzano- Contest
This year I am participating in a promotion of @TheGreatestTomatoesFromEurope and @IloveSanMarzanoDOP. Stop by my Instagram page @divinacucina to participate in a give-away. More information at the end of the blog. Summer in Italy ends with a mad rush to preserve as much of summer as you can in a jar. Mostly tomatoes. You can…
Amici Miei- Gabriele Ferron [Risotto]
Non-stir risotto I first met Gabriele Ferron of the Antica Pila Vecia while shopping at the Mercato Centrale in Florence where he was visiting market vendors who sell his rice. He returned with me to my kitchen to cook the rice, showing me his risotto tricks. He said, “Don’t stir my rice. It is too delicate.”…
Easy Risotto: Non-stir with Pumpkin
Probably one of my most requested recipes is the non-stir risotto I learned from the owner of Pila Vecia, Gabriele Ferron. We visited him in his place just outside Verona and saw the old mill for milling the rice and learned all about rice. Like all regional recipes, there are different rules, depending where…
Tuscan Comfort Food- Risotto al Pomodoro
Winter weather is finally kicking in slowly. The temperature is dropping but the sun is still shining. We are expecting snow this week, so from spring to winter now. In my garden the violets were just starting to bloom and the roses had also been blooming like crazy. I noticed that the irises were also…
Francesca’s Pumpkin Risotto-Market to Table- Certaldo
At Saturday’s market in Certaldo, the local farmer Francesca is a wealth of knowledge. She only sells what she grows, and I trust a woman with a smile! She has a real passion for cooking and is full of ideas, today she gave me a recipe for a Pumpkin and Leek Risotto. Risotto di Zucca…
Puglia….Tiella with mussels
I LOVE PUGLIA Last trip we visited the more famouse towns, Lecce, Alberobello with it’s trulli, Ostuni and Otranto. This year I wanted to see the other side. We headed over to Gallipoli and our trip was cut short due to my bad back….. but Egullet is talking about the cuisine of Puglia and I…
Pomodori Ripieni- Stuffed Tomatoes
Having a couple of days off… I cook! My husband loves these stuffed tomatoes. They are perfect for summer. His Aunt Vivetta had a restaurant in Cecina, near the sea,in Tuscany, where he spent his summers and she always prepared trays of stuffed vegetables, some with meat and bechamel, some with rice and others with…