Living in the countryside in Tuscany means being woken up by gunfire during hunting season. The good side, is often I receive a nice big piece of wild boar meat, cinghiale, like this Christmas. I made a simple version of the boar, leaving out the final ingredients which give it it’s tang. The stewed pork…
Wild Boys and Boar!
Yesterday when I was passing by Trattoria Mario’s on the way to the market with my students for class, as we read the menu, we had to go in and see the special of the day. Whenever possible, Romeo Colzi, chef and owner, has something special on the menu. It was Cinghiale, wild boar! There…
Prune Thursday
David , wild thing that he is, said “Hey,I love prunes.. let’s do a Prune Thursday“. I adore Prunes, which can be a problem or a good thing. I started dreaming about what I could make, but then decided that for his blog event, I should stick to something Tuscan. Wild Boar came to mind. Fruit and…
Death by Chocolate
This year went by so fast and got a little out of control. I was luckily very busy this fall, making up for the lack of work due to Sadam and SARS. But the summer heat ( record in 300 years!) also made my computers crazy and impossible to BLOG. I have finally caught up…