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Old News: Le Ricette per Cucina Raccolte dal Principe Don Paolo Borghese

June 27, 2009

Le Ricette per Cucina Raccolte dal Principe Don Paolo Borghese (Recipes  from the Collection of Prince Don Paolo Borghese), a …

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Idylls of Cuisine #7

March 29, 2009

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

Life, Love, and Lost Raviolis

March 24, 2009

The food memoir seemingly pops out everywhere these days. It’s the hot new genre in writing.  Some authors coin a …

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Idylls of Cuisine #5

March 15, 2009

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

Carnevale Cometh: Calzone

February 10, 2009

What of calzone? And its cousin panzerotti? As cousins will often do, both look alike, except for size. And both …

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Carnevale Cometh: Cenci By Any Other Name Would Taste as Sweet …

February 9, 2009

Hereupon, a whole host of absurd figures surrounded him, pretending to sympathize in his mishap. Clowns and party-colored harlequins; orang-outangs; …

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Carnivale Cometh: Lasagne di Carnevale

February 6, 2009

And now for the food of Carnival, as interpreted by cooks in what is now Italy. (See previous post on …

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Carnevale Cometh

January 29, 2009

Soon the streets of Venice will overflow with a flood — not of water, as usual — but of tourists …

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Puglia: A Culinary Memoir

December 29, 2008

Santa Claus flat out forgot me this year. I knew instantly that the jolly old elf  passed me by when …

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Prosecco Mi Amore

December 27, 2008

Like Rodney Dangerfield, makers of Prosecco want more respect. If you respect Prosecco, take a little journey over to “Italian …

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