This morning as I looked out the bedroom window down onto the garden, I saw two large zucchini blossoms. When I went downstairs, saw one was a boy– blossom only and there were two zucchini’s. Andrea adores eating things fresh from the garden and zucchini has so much more flavor when you harvest it tiny….
Wordless
Since the earthquake in Emilia Romagna I have felt wordless. I am from San Francisco, but never been in a real earthquake where any damage was done. The quake in Emilia Romagna was horrible and has not stopped. They had two large quakes at 5.0 which have left many dead and thousands homeless. What is…
Fiori Fritti- Fried Zucchini Blossoms
I adore spring and this year it came sort of late but is one of the most beautiful in years. The hills are all shades of velvety green and red poppies and yellow scotch broom add touches of color. One of my clients asked me yesterday why we fry flowers and who thought of it….
Divina Cucina on the Road- Sicily 2012
Each time I go to Sicily it seems more and more like coming home. On my bucket list is to have a home in Sicily and retire there by the sea, so it is with extreme pleasure that I share my Sicily with my fellow lover’s of food and travel on our culinary expeditions. off…
Keeping Kitchen- Pickled Onions and Fish
I am leaving for a week in Sicily ( I know, poor me) and leave the pantry full for my husband when I go away for any length of time. I had already made some pulled pork a week or so ago and found some lovely sweet red onions at the market and could’d resist…
Simply Divina- I Latini – San Gimignano
Where does a cook go when hungry? We are really lucky to have a great family restaurant near by, I Latini, on the road from Certaldo to San Gimignano. Chiara Latini runs this small hotel and restaurant, grand daughter of Narcisso Latini, who opened the original I Latini restaurant in Florence. Times change and families…
Farro Salad Revisited- Changing Seasons
Often it is hard to know when to change your wardrobe here in Italy. Spring has arrived and the days get longer, more sun and warmth. Next thing a storm blows in and temperatures drop and back to layering with sweaters to keep warm and soup and stews back on the stove. Sometimes there are…
Foraging from the Car
The weather here has been so odd, that I haven’t risked walking in the fields to look for wild asparagus. We have had so much rain ( much needed rain) that it would have been a muddy mess. That said, I do know that on the road down the hill from our house, heading into…