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Tag Archives: Italian Cooking

Lemons – Tiny Cathedrals of Gold

April 6, 2011

Lemons, their pitted, nay, prehistoric, skins secreting golden oil, Shielding sourness, evoking memories of a grandmother’s kitchen, A grandfather’s garden. …

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Seduced by Spaghetti

June 17, 2010

Continued from Still Mi Amore — Wild Abandonment Among the Tomatoes and Zucchini: Shall I not have intelligence with the …

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Still Mi Amore — Wild Abandonment Among the Tomatoes and Zucchini

June 14, 2010

A market is three women and a goose. ~~ Italian proverb ~~ I know that for many Italian women my …

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In a Kitchen Far, Far Away …

May 7, 2010

Once upon a time, in a kitchen far, far away … A neophyte Italian cook opened up Marcella Hazan’s The …

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The Pull of Italy: An Explanation of, or at Least a Discourse on, an Obsession

April 26, 2010

Just what is it about Italy? The sheer, sheer beauty? Or … The turbulent history The grottoed mushroom-rank earth The …

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Idylls of Cuisine, #60

April 25, 2010

[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]

Pandolce: From Liguria with Love, Thanks to Laura Schenone

December 22, 2009

Laura Schenone, author of the soulful The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken and the scholarly (and prize-winning) A Thousand Years …

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No Thanks to Marco Polo: An Encyclopedia of Italy’s Pasta Shapes

November 6, 2009

Marco Polo returned to Italy from his Chinese travels in 1296. The myth, legend, what have you, credits him with …

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Elizabeth Romer’s Chronicle of Tuscan Agriculture

August 13, 2009

Contemplating the impact of Food Network’s publishing juggernaut on the current food scene in America, I find myself turning backwards, …

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The Hermetic Lady in the Palazzo: Marlena de Blasi

August 12, 2009

Cookbook author and memoirist Marlena de Blasi does not seek the limelight, preferring instead to write her books in the …

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