Anything is better with bacon. To many of us, pork is a comfort food that is the food for all seasons. As the chilly weather started in, I started thinking about my favorite comfort foods for fall. Besides pumpkin: pork and porcini where the next foods on the list. Next April I will…
Simply lunch
Some days there is nothing better than a simple soup.Today was one of those days. Cold and crisp out, sunlight highlighting the fall colors which cover the hills in Chianti. What I adore about broth, is that it is part of a longer chain of recipes that takes little time to create and feeds you…
Pleasures of Pumpkin-again
pumpkin gnocchi with sage, butter and parmesan With the crisp fall weather holding before the wet winter sets in,I am having a love affair with pumpkin. I am lucky to not have to buy whole pumpkins,but slices, as I need them. I find myself cooking pumpkin in many ways. So far I have done the grilled…
I love Pumpkin!
Pumpkins are so fall! Not only do you have left-overs from halloween,but the hills are also covered in various shades of gold, rust and green which are all pumpkin inspired. I adore pumpkin in soup, risotto and gnocchi. Try pumpkin gnocchi served with traditional balsamic vinegar and shaved parmesan cheese! The lovely elixir like qualities…
Florence – Wine Bars- Casa del Vino
wines by the glass- price on bottle One of my regular places for a light lunch or snack is Gianni Migliorini’s Casa del Vino. Located behind the open air market onVia dell’Ariento. It is a place where, if you can get it,you eat and drink elbow to elbow with the locals and if you…
Extra Virgins!
Fall is arriving. I adore the views over the vineyards and hills and the changing of the colors. Foggy mornings and cool evenings. We are doing the new oil dance here! Nothing like getting your first bottle of new olive oil. Tuscans pick their olives a little green, which means they are mostly hand picked…
Tastes of Sicily- Pasta with Cauliflower
The markets are GREEN in Palermo this time of year Sicilian “green” cauliflower getting a ride Tuscan olives, usually picked green to press for oil Fall is in full swing as I returned to Tuscany from Sicily. I gave my neighbors some of my oil from Olio Verde they traded me some fresh olives to cure….
Blogapalooza Party
In Italy when someone says pumpkin, we say food!But when someone says special dinner, be careful! When Angela said she wanted to party on the blog with a Blogapalooza, I said sure why not?Although I don’t think I have had scary trips…. strange for sure! Italy has been my home now for 25 years, but…