The Best Italian & Italian-American Recipes on the Internet
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
New Joe’s Restaurant, 1941, North Beach. Image courtesy of SF Public Library The SF Public Library is hosting a new exhibit called San Francisco Eats, and it’s all about the unique food history of our fair city: San Francisco Eats showcases the culinary delights that …
I’m organizing my first live cooking event, and it’s pretty special. It’s by limited RSVP, so if you’re gonna be in San Francisco on Saturday, December 18th, get your request into us early. Here’s the event page. Buy Best Cisco 300-085 Practice Test CCNP Collaboration …
Hand-crushed tomatoes, and meats galore. The traditional, long-cooked pasta sauce from Campania.
A surprising combination of flavors merge in this great white pizza recipe.
Some sauces call for a fresh pasta and some for a dried pasta. Most dried pasta is a durum wheat or semolina pasta. The best is from Italy.
Photo by Miles Grant I was in NYC when Dungeness crab season opened last week, and couldn’t get them out of my mind. The reports were that the harvest was bountiful and the crab were big and meaty. I couldn’t wait to get back home. …
I Love Rome. Probably getting close to 20 times I’ve been. Bernini’s sculpture, Michelangelo everywhere, Baroque over the top, beautiful people, the Caravaggio triptych in San Liuigi dei Francesi church, the wonderful food and romantic outdoor meals, Santa Maria in Trestevere, potato pizza with rosemary …
We’ve been waiting for weeks for this year’s press to arrive. Word came that the olive oil, from trees in the foothills near Agrigento, was finally put on a boat in Sicily. It arrived in LA a couple of weeks later. I was there when …
Sometimes food tells a story, even when you’re in the middle of making it!
A fresh herb and garlic stuffing, crispy crust from a hot oven… Heaven!
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 …