Well yes, I like series. I started in Italy with the series of posts on my homeland (A happy land of history and white vines 01, 02, 03, 04… thanks god I was back after the fourth post) and I discovered my passion for “serial posts”, who knows possibly it is because series give a [...]
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Trofie with bell peppers, eggplants and ricotta
A quick and easy pasta before leaving Italy to go back in California…
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L’uva e il vino Falanghina, un pò di storia e un assaggio
The Falanghina vine, of very ancient origin, is becoming a symbol of the enology of Campania region; its small oval grapes produce white wines, mostly dry, but also passiti and sparkling wines (spumanti).
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Polpette di melanzane
One of the last recipe from Italy… I am about to go back to California. My mum’s recipe for the eggplants rissoles.
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Small festivals that will grow big (Piccole sagre crescono)
Late August and September are in Italy the best time for finding fairs and festivals celebrating traditions and traditional food.
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Peperoncini verdi fritti
My passion for cooking really exploded since I moved to the Bay Area. California is such a rich country, the land here is so good and generous. Everything that I desire is here, and is of the best quality, but there is still something that I can’t find…
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Insalata di riso
The rice salad is a beautiful solution for a fresh summer lunch or dinner with friends. You can prepare it much in advance and keep it in the fridge. It is what we call in Italian a “piatto unico”, which means that a portion of it gives you all elements you need from [...]
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Parmigiana di melanzane
I should start saying “this is a real classic of Campania and the south of Italy: the parmigiana with eggplants and tomato sauce”… But reading here and there, UUUHHH deep serious wound to my familiar and national pride, it came out that the original recipe of parmigiana was something very different from what [...]
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A little history and some glimpses…
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My mummy’s baked bucatini
I don’t know any dish that is so simple and so exceptionally tasty like this. Bucatini is a type of pasta similar to spaghetti, but thicker and pierced, like a kind of small long tubes. The secret of this preparation is in the perfect cooking of pasta, freshness of ingredients and a [...]
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