Diamond-patterned waffles whose ingredients are very simple: eggs, wheat flour, sugar, lemon and oil… Love on a shoestring!
… Sweet Recipe: Sara’s Waffles… Love on a shoestring
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A Half-Serious Set of Rules for True Italian Pizzeria-Goers :: Part 2
Second part of fundamental pizzeria regulars. After you’ve survived the first five rules, there’a still a long way to go…
“REMEMBER: you are here to have pizza!”
… A Half-Serious Set of Rules for True Italian Pizzeria-Goers :: Part 2
A Half-Serious Set of Rules for True Italian Pizzeria-Goers :: Part 1
In Italy having pizza in pizzeria is a big deal. When a bunch of friends decide to go out for a pizza, dramatic decisions must be taken. Where to go, what time, who is going to pick up whom and so forth.
Once all the details have been settled, eventually you sit at the table and then you need to know some basic rules in order to get the most out of your pizza night. REMEMBER: you are here to have pizza. … A Half-Serious Set of Rules for True Italian Pizzeria-Goers :: Part 1
Sweet Recipe: Cream Peach Cookies
Alchermes-flavoured “peaches” are a typical Italian traditional peach-shaped pastry. They remind me of my childhood holidays because I used to have them at Christmas, Easter and on Mother’s Day.
… Sweet Recipe: Cream Peach Cookies
Roccacalascio (L’Aquila)
When I first arrived in Abruzzo, about 25 years ago, a very wise and dear friend took me to Roccalascio on a dull November morning. It was cold and snowflakes started to fall when we walked through the ghost village. Nobody was there, except the two of us. The magic of the moment was so perfect that, from then on, for me Roccacalascio is THE PLACE where to be wildly and immensely happy.
Pasta Lover: Sara’s Sagnette Special
Sagnette, tacconelle or sagne a pezzi” [*] are between the typical Central Italy pasta shapes. Their names and sizes may vary, but their main feature is that they are a flour-n-water dough.
… Pasta Lover: Sara’s Sagnette Special
Letter “M” :: Mostaccioli
It’s time for Letter M: Mostaccioli Time!
… Letter “M” :: Mostaccioli
The Life of a Chef :: Deliciously Abruzzo The Pesce Azzurro Club
Is advertising the life of trade? Ninety-nine times out of ten it is. Mimmo Arena, co-owner and executive chef of “Il club del pesce azzurro” (The Oily Fish Club) in San Vito Chietino, thinks it is not. … The Life of a Chef :: Deliciously Abruzzo The Pesce Azzurro Club
Pasta Lover: Sara’s Pumpkin Cappellacci
The “Cappellacci” are a larger variation of ravioli/tortelloni, i.e. pasta dumpling stuffed with various fillings and folded so as to resemble a hat; very popular in Ferrara area, Emilia Romagna.
… Pasta Lover: Sara’s Pumpkin Cappellacci
The Home of (Italian) Cooks is in Villa Santa Maria
I am pretty sure that Primo and Secondo, the two main characters of the delicious movie Big Night, received their education at Istituto Alberghiero in Villa Santa Maria, a tiny mountain village in the heart of Abruzzo…
… The Home of (Italian) Cooks is in Villa Santa Maria