CHICKEN SOUP WITH POACHED EGGS AND HERBS Print Recipe Votes: 2 Rating: 5 You: Rate this recipe! After Armida had prepared her bone broth, she cooked with it to create a variety of different dishes. Her favorite way to consume the broth was simply, with only a small handful of tiny pasta simmered into it; […]
CHARD-SESAME BALLS WITH RED ONION JAM Print Recipe Votes: 1 Rating: 5 You: Rate this recipe! Although Carluccia was not accustomed to cooking in the early afternoon, when I went to say good-bye she pulled these emerald-green polpette di bietola (chard balls) piping hot from her oven. Out came some Tropean red onion marmellata (jam) […]
PERSIMMON-CINNAMON ICE CREAM Print Recipe Votes: 9 Rating: 4.67 You: Rate this recipe! This recipe is a shockingly simple persimmon-cinnamon ice cream, perfect for the late autumn and a wonderful accompaniment to Thanksgiving dessert (especially nut-based ones). Inspired by Silvana, a grandmother I cooked with in the Marche region of Italy, who grew the most […]
STRAWBERRIES WITH SUGAR AND ROSEWATER Print Recipe Votes: 1 Rating: 5 You: Rate this recipe! Every season we do a vote on the Facebook page for people’s favorite ingredient; I then create a simple recipe with the winning ingredient. Strawberries won in the Spring of 2016. Inspired by my time cooking at Boulettes Larder, with […]
This mac and cheese is one of Elizabeth “Oma” Fisher’s masterpieces. It was always there for any big family or church occasion. Everyone loved it, with no exception! Made with freshly grated cheddar and eggs tempered in warm milk, this is a custardy macaroni and cheese, with a crunchy, browned top. OMA’S MAC AND […]
In 1962 my grandmother began stealing, every other day, from the cash register in my grandfather’s pharmacy. She hid the money in her bosom by day and in her prayer book by night. In 1963, she bought a washing machine outright, but when delivered, the washer never made it through the door. My grandfather stated: […]
KINDERGARTEN BREAD Print Recipe Votes: 7 Rating: 4.29 You: Rate this recipe! Making Kindergarten Bread is a great activity for families and classrooms; it’s foolproof, and can include all sorts of fun and meaningful stories and songs. Both Betty and her daughter, Anna, baked the bread weekly with their Kindergarten classes. The students got to […]
The ragù con carne over spaghetti alla chittarra is the dish that most reminds me of my grandparents’ relationship: it cooks for very long and when ready it takes on a particular color, somewhere between dark red and brown, that always makes me think of their dark bond. This recipe changed as we let go of some […]
GALLINA RIPIENA (CHICKEN STUFFED WITH BREAD, BORAGE, AND PARMESAN) Print Recipe Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Armida only stuffed and boiled a chicken for Christmas and Ferragosto (August 15, the assumption of the Virgin Mary). We ate the simple chicken together on Ferragosto. To this day Armida’s chickens are her most prized […]
At the top of the hill, almost at the end of a dirt road, I found an old man walking with his arms filled with wood. I introduced myself, and he said his name was Luciano. I asked if his wife, Armida, was home. “Sono il figlio!” “I’m her son!” Goodness me, I thought, Armida […]
(Photo credit to The Italian Dish Blog) As a child, Easter was all about the sugary stuff. Cadbury Creme Eggs with gooey fondant fillings, Mini Eggs with their crunchy shells, and colorful plastic eggs hand-filled with all sorts of candy. It was spring’s version of Halloween—our one chance to gorge freely on all the treats we […]
For the Buckwheat Pasta Preheat the broiler in your oven, or turn the oven as high as it can go. Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and salt it generously. Boil the potatoes until tender, about 7 minutes, and remove with a slotted spoon. In the same water, blanch the chard and […]
Anne is an adventuress whose life has been marked by the unusual right from the start. Born, surprisingly, to a 48-year-old mother on the island of Jutland, in Denmark, Anne is now in her eighties and has spent much of her life exploring the world alone, in search of arts and crafts, new experiences, and […]
Tea at Betty Peck’s house is at four thirty, and it is every day. Green tea, the simple bagged kind, is Betty’s favorite and there is always a big, very well brewed pot of it at teatime. Betty provides the tea and inspiration, and I almost always bring the sweets: frosted cupcakes, peanut butter cookies, and […]