My Home Food That’s Amore- Arrivederci – Continue to Read my recipes on My New Blog
- Frascati Mutton Stew – Spezzatino di Castrato e Piselli al Frascati DOCG
- Baked Cauliflower and Potato Patties
- Birthdays and The Little Things That Please Us
- Quiche Frascataine
- Risotto alla Carbonara
- A Garland of Potatoes and Vegetables and a Good Bit of Scraping
- A Craving for Sartù – Using Leftovers Backwards
- Meatballs with Peas – Polpette con Piselli
- Rice and Lentil Fritters – Loving the Leftovers
Category Archives: Recipes from outside Italy
Birthdays and The Little Things That Please Us
It has taken me quite a long time to get used to the fact that a lot of people actively desist from celebrating their birthday after their third decade. For me, a birthday is not so much about being feted … Continue reading
Quiche Frascataine
Warning … caveat Emptor … this is a rather long post … if it’s the recipe you are after, and to be honest it would be worth your while taking a look at it, just scoll down until you come … Continue reading
Posted in italian home food, Recipes from outside Italy, Travel and Tales
Tagged Alexander Dumas, artichokes, Café de Frascati Paris, De Sanctis Abelos wine, Edith Wharton, eggs, Emanuela Bruni, English mustard powder, Escher, evoo, flour, Frascati, Frascati DOC, Frascati wines, Frascati's at 32 Oxford Street in London, Gateau Frascati, Georges Sand, Goethe, https://fynesharteharrington.wordpress.com/tag/frascatis-restaurant/, John Singer Sargent, leek, Michelle Smith, milk, Quattrociocchi Olive Oil, salt, sea salt, Turner, www.easyfrascati.com
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Rice and Lentil Fritters – Loving the Leftovers
Happy New Year everyone ! … and I am hoping this is going to be a very good year for us all. The last few weeks, especialy the run up to Christmas and New Year’s Eve, saw me so engaged … Continue reading
Roman Oxtail and Cous Cous – Fusion, Confusion and Creativity
When I hear or overhear people enthusiastically call themselves ‘creative’ cooks, I confess that, unless the person in question is young (under twenty) I tend to shudder inwardly; outwardly, I try to change the subject of conversation if need be. … Continue reading
Interpreting an Ottolenghi Cauliflower and Hazelnut Salad
My lovely friend in Boston recently made me a present of Ottolenghi and Tamimi’s ‘Jerusalem’ and a what a welcome gift that was; if I hadn’t bent over backwards to buy the book in the first place (it was first … Continue reading
Fishy Guests and Food-Laden Friends
I think we have all heard of the Spanish greeting “mi casa es su casa”. In Arabic there is an exact same proverb which goes something like this: bye-tee bye-too-keh (my house is your house). And in English we have … Continue reading
Posted in Fish and seafood, Herbs and plants, Primi (first courses - usually a pasta or risotto), Recipes from outside Italy, Secondi (main course, usually meat based), Travel and Tales, Uncategorized
Tagged Boston lobster tails, Italian proverb, Jane Austen, Pacific prawns, Pacific wild caught salmon, Tuscany
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Cabbage and Rice and all Things Nice – All in one with the Cornish Game Hen
The idea was to introduce more cabbage into our family’s regular eating habits. Nobody in my immediate family jumps up and down for joy at the thought of eating cabbage and so I was looking for a cunning plan, see? … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Recipes from outside Italy, Uncategorized
Tagged cabbage, carrot, celery, olive oil, onion, rice, sausage, Stuffed Cornish Game Hens, white wine
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Waldorf Salad and King Prawns
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post on the Waldorf Salad for the blog of the beautiful Italian ceramics company that is Giardini di Sole (www.giaridnidisole.com). It was about the Waldorf Salad with a twist, and I thought … Continue reading
Getting crabby
I was doing some shopping at Rome’s Piazza Vittorio market a few weeks ago and came across the sale of live crabs. Live crabs may be a normal feature in some parts of the world, such as Granville Market in … Continue reading
The Perfumed Rice of Persia and a ‘Bits and Pieces’ Dinner
Maybe it’s just me and the reading material that I come across as I frolic and gambol through the world of food and cooking, but there seems to be quite a spate of all-things-Persian looping around in the blogosphere at … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Contorni and/or side dishes, Recipes from outside Italy, Uncategorized
Tagged Anissa Helou, baba ganouj, carrots, chicken with hazelnuts, cous cous, dinners and buget, Fae's Twist and Tango, honey, how to cater for many people, hummus, Middle East cuisine, My Custard Pie, orange blossom water, organic oranges, Persian Rice, rose water, saffron filaments, ztaziki
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