Unquenchable: Natalie MacLean’s Terrific New Book on Wine
If, like me – overwhelmed by the hundreds of possible choices in front of you at the grocery store or …
Category Archives: Italy
Lemons – Tiny Cathedrals of Gold
Lemons, their pitted, nay, prehistoric, skins secreting golden oil, Shielding sourness, evoking memories of a grandmother’s kitchen, A grandfather’s garden. …
Seduced by Spaghetti
Continued from Still Mi Amore — Wild Abandonment Among the Tomatoes and Zucchini: Shall I not have intelligence with the …
Idylls of Cuisine, #65
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
In a Kitchen Far, Far Away …
Once upon a time, in a kitchen far, far away … A neophyte Italian cook opened up Marcella Hazan’s The …
The Pull of Italy: An Explanation of, or at Least a Discourse on, an Obsession
Just what is it about Italy? The sheer, sheer beauty? Or … The turbulent history The grottoed mushroom-rank earth The …
Idylls of Cuisine, #53
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Idylls of Cuisine, #50
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Pandolce: From Liguria with Love, Thanks to Laura Schenone
Laura Schenone, author of the soulful The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken and the scholarly (and prize-winning) A Thousand Years …
No Thanks to Marco Polo: An Encyclopedia of Italy’s Pasta Shapes
Marco Polo returned to Italy from his Chinese travels in 1296. The myth, legend, what have you, credits him with …
