Brand Italy – Brands trying to be Italian
UPDATE: Just to clarify: I certainly realize that Italians eat packaged foods and other “porcheria” like anyone else and that Italian companies make (in my opinion) junk (like Barilla sauce, which we...
View ArticleCucuzzieli e Uova
The zucchini are starting to appear in the garden and one of our family favorites and easy-to-make recipes for this wonderful vegetable is something we call “cucuzzieli e uova”… which is also fun to...
View ArticleGrispelle & Monacialli
Last year I posted on “Grispelle” and la Grispellissima festival that is held December 8th in Feroleto Antico, where my family is from in Calabria but I didn’t include a recipe… so here it is. My...
View ArticleCuring Black Olives Part II
In my last post on curing black olives I mentioned that I was making them 2 ways: sott’acqua (in a simple brine of salt and water) and al forno (oven dried black olives.) The black olives “sott’acqua”...
View ArticleBuona Pasqua
Back from Calabria and I wanted to send everyone l’auguri per una Buona Pasqua! (Best wishes for a very Happy Easter.) Here are a few traditional Calabrian foods we will be eating tomorrow at our...
View ArticleWild Mushrooms in Italy
The only thing better than foraging for mushrooms here in the US is foraging for mushrooms in Italy! I learned to forage for wild mushrooms from my grandfather, father and uncles so when we were in...
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