Foodbuzz 24×24: North Beach Italian
The rain broke long enough on Saturday to enjoy a pleasant 4 hours eating authentic Italian food, drinking Italian wines, and talking about Italian everything.
Tag: cooking
Zeppole di San Giuseppe
Zeppole di San Giuseppe should only be made on St. Joseph’s feast day, March 19, also Father’s Day in Italia.
My Old Stomping Grounds – New York and New Jersey
New York I got spotted like a celebrity last Sunday as I stepped out of a shop in New York City’s Little Italy. Good thing I was behaving. “Hey, you Gianni from the Web?” she asked. The woman was born in Naples and has lived …
“Basic Italian”
Local writer Matt Baume penned a fabulous write-up of me for The Bold Italic, a beautifully-designed San Francisco web magazine that bills itself as “an experiment in local discovery.”
Dinner #2: A Night in Naples in North Beach
The next in Gianni’s dinner series gives us Neapolitan cuisine from the Caputo Family of Pulcinella. Four courses paired with four wines. Experience the birthplace of pizza!
Potato Gnocchi with Three Sauces
Potato Gnocchi from scratch, with Trepanase, Pizzaiola, and Gorgonzola Sauces.
Cotechino: Traditional New Year’s Dish
Today, I’m making a traditional New Year’s dish, cotechino (a spicy fat boiled sausage from Italia) served over lentils. If you can’t get a cotechino you can use any Italian sausage. To poor southern Italians the lentils symbolized all the coins they hoped to amass …
Recipe: Mostarda di Sedano (Celery Chutney)
Preserved vegetables are a staple in the Italian pantry. This celery relish or chutney is a great accompaniment to salumi and cheeses either on their own or as part of an antipasti. The little cubes of celery glisten like tiny emeralds and its sweet-sour flavor …
Gianni’s First Live Demo – Success!
On Saturday, we did our first live cooking demonstration with 12 folks in my small apartment. Strangers were brought together by the allure of The Village and its Italian food, braving the rainy day to reach the top of The Hill: A couple from San …
Scranton, PA Does North Beach Italian
I’ll do The Scranton Times Tribune a huge favor and refrain from telling any Dunder Mifflin jokes in this post. It’s the least I can do, since this article they ran explains how the fabulous one-pot alternative to the traditional Christmas Eve 7-fish meal that …
San Francisco vs. New York: Food War?
Remember Stars? The Public Library exhibit San Francisco Eats opened Saturday with a great panel who recounted the last 25 years of San Francisco food, including that Jeremiah Tower landmark restaurant. The highlight of the discussion In 1995, San Franciscans didn’t know what they had. …
Italy: The Rules
Every time I go to Italia, I learn more rules. If you’re gonna go – and I naturally recommend you do – keep some things in mind… Rule #1: Bring a Swim Suit After the long flight I find it important to rest and recharge …
YouTube Videos Replace Cookbooks
So says The Atlantic. Do you use YouTube videos to help you cook? (I know you’re gonna give the right answer!) I don’t think videos will entirely replace cookbooks, which is why I include text recipes with my videos. And some folks think videos aren’t …
The Great Tuscan Bread Debate
Every time I’m in Tuscany somebody complains about Tuscan bread. It’s made without salt.