My Home Food That’s Amore- Harley Davidsons, Religion and Food Shopping on a Saturday Morning
- Faking Fish – Il Pesce Finto
- Hounded by the Whore – Pasta alla Puttanesca
- The Trick of Chicken and the Brick
- A Cautionary Tale of Seafood Gnocchi with Clams and Mussels
- The Makeover with Uriah Heep Ingredients: Egg Pasta with Courgettes and Tomatoes
- A dinner with Friends from the Salento (Puglia)
- False Economy and Wild Asparagus
- Little Easter – Pasquetta
- Mid-week Supper: Veal Piccata, Pan-Fried Kale and Potatoes, and Cauliflower Cheese
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Harley Davidsons, Religion and Food Shopping on a Saturday Morning
Saturday morning … well, ahem, late morning, actually almost noon … and I’m off to do some food shopping. It’s June, it is hot and it finally feels as though Summer has arrived … and there is some kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Covered Market Frascati, Enoteca Molinari, grocers, Harley Davidson, Sfizio
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Faking Fish – Il Pesce Finto
“Pesce finto”, that translates into English as “fake fish”, is the kind of recipe our grandmothers would have resorted to, the uber home/comfort food that children would enjoy on a visual level too. Basically, it is made up of mashed … Continue reading
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Tagged burrata, capers, olive oil, olives, pesce finto, potatoes, tuna
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Hounded by the Whore – Pasta alla Puttanesca
The mystery as to the origin of this saucily named pasta dish is not going to be solved any time soon but it would seem that Naples and thereabouts (Ischia) are good contenders. The word ‘puttana’ in Italian means prostitute … Continue reading
The Trick of Chicken and the Brick
The trouble with chicken is … that we no longer consider it ‘special’. It is fairly cheap to buy, unless it has been raised properly and fed organic feed and what have you, and it is to be found in … Continue reading
A Cautionary Tale of Seafood Gnocchi with Clams and Mussels
Gnocchi presented in either a mussel- or clam sauce topped off with rocket leaves were very popular around Rome during the early nineties. Basically, it was the rocket leaves that were so popular, there was a tendency to strew them … Continue reading
A dinner with Friends from the Salento (Puglia)
A friend of mine once commented on the fact that when you got to meet new people, and decided to invite them over to dinner to get better acquainted, they would sometimes invite you back to their home for ‘a … Continue reading
False Economy and Wild Asparagus
I loved that episode of “Ab Fab” in which the two girls try and cut down on expenses and so decide to give up having a driver. One day they decide to shop at the supermarket (http://www.episodeguide.us/absolutely-fabulous/poor/episode/36226/summary.html) and: ”Supermarket shopping is … Continue reading
Little Easter – Pasquetta
Easter has come and gone and we are already looking to the Summer. As I write this post, I am not even in Italy and wonder why I should bother posting it. I then take another look at the photos … Continue reading
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Tagged borlotti, Easter, Pasquetta, primo sale, ricotta, the colour purple
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Mid-week Supper: Veal Piccata, Pan-Fried Kale and Potatoes, and Cauliflower Cheese
Caveat emptor: this is a very long post with three recipes in it — none of which is particularly exciting by the way. What it is … is … very decent, hearty, and just the ticket when the weather has … Continue reading
