Fabulous Food the Way the Italians Do It
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Kath
Introduction
Italians love food, not just cooking it and eating it but the ingredients themselves. So it is not surprising that every year there are food festivals through every month of the year celebrating each regions most [...]
Imagine being able to cook pizza and other dishes to perfection, like a fancy, Italian bistro? It is unlikely that you can whip up such delicacies in your standard kitchen oven, but what if you had you own personal brick pizza oven?
These home ovens are gaining popularity among everyday families and food lovers. Many chefs [...]
Your cooking expertise definitely will get better day by day if you keep trying more and more Italian recipes. Being involved with Italian cooking, knowing all the names of Italian dishes and learning all the Italian cooking terms will certainly make you more familiar with all Italian foods. As a result, you will also [...]
Cold pasta salad recipes are great every day side dishes, but they are perfect for entertaining too.
The Italians need little excuse for a party or celebration and eating Al Freso (outside) is one of the delights of summer.
When you look at a pasta salad you want it to be impressive and you can [...]
There is really no definitive answer as to how rice arrived in Italy. However, as soon as it made its way to Italy in the fourteenth century, most likely from Spain, it became a hit in Italian food. Areas of the country outside of Milan have the perfect blend of flat land, water, and humidity [...]
Here is a quick, easy and delicious summer Italian pasta recipe that you just have to make for dinner tonight. Anyone can make this. Your family will feel like they are eating at an authentic Italian restaurant after eating this dish.
But before we get to this recipe, I would like to provide you with a [...]
This was a good concept for a cook book, and the recipes are quite good.
Pasta
Pasta recipes for young and old alike. Not so long ago rumor had it that pasta was fattening, and many people, particularly women, avoided pasta recipes afraid of putting on weight.
You can buy dried pasta virtually everywhere, and you find [...]
Pasta doesn’t always need a tomato or cream base though. Take your cue from the Italians and make the most of the Mediterranean’s aubergines, courgettes, peppers and basil. Toss choice vegetables together with your favourite pasta shape, plenty of extra virgin olive oil and a grating of Grana Padano or Parmigiano-Reggiano for a simple supper, [...]
Handmade Pesto
Pounding the ingredients in a mortar produces a pesto of incomparable texture: silky basil leaves and olive oil bind coarser bits of garlic and Parmesan.
Olive-Mint Pesto
Try using a mix of brine- and oil-cured olives for a more complex pesto; our favorites are green Sicilian, Calamata, Cerignola and oil-cured Moroccan.
Charred Poblano and Garlic Pesto
“This is [...]
Lampascioni (pampasciuni ‘n salentinu) are walnut-sized hyacinth bulbs (not onions as they are often erroneously described) with a distinct bitter taste. They are native to Puglia and are prepared in a myriad of ways. I ate them for the first time in Lecce and they were served in agrodolce (sweet and sour), a preparation that [...]
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