first recipe, oven-roasted beans….. today fagioli all’uccelleto with sausage In Tuscany, I have learned to cook larger quantities of food and transform it into different dishes instead of eating leftovers. Beans are one of the mainstays of a Tuscan diet and are eaten in many forms. Served simply as in the last blog, just as…
Pork and Beans
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…
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…
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….
Almost like being there…. Sicily
Catania fish market- Sicily from divina cucina on Vimeo. Wish I had brought my movie camera.Sicily is a place which imbeds itself in your soul. I will return soon to set up programs for next year already, but based at the seaside. Join me! Next year is my 25th anniversary in Italy and I want…
Simple Sicilian Pleasures
“I love you princess” If parmesan cheese is the “King of Cheeses” Fresh ricotta, candid and white is the Princess! Ricotta Re-cooked Nothing is more splendid than eating fresh ricotta on it’s own. Savory or sweet. Sheep are everywhere and sheeps milk ricotta will win you over right away. It is served at almost every…