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To the Top of Mount Etna! Pizza with Roasted Garlic, Parmigiano and Basil

To the Top of Mount Etna! Pizza with Roasted Garlic, Parmigiano and Basil

Posted by on Jun 19, 2012 in Food, Main Courses, Recipes | 2 comments

You may remember my post of a few weeks back regarding my very cool new workstation atop my treadmill. What great fun to walk, talk and...

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Feeling Like Tuscan Royalty: Pasta with Prosciutto, Tomato, and Basil

Feeling Like Tuscan Royalty: Pasta with Prosciutto, Tomato, and Basil

Posted by on Jun 11, 2012 in Food, Pasta, Risotto, Breads, Recipes, Regions of Italy, Tuscany, Wanderings | 3 comments

La dolce, dolce vita.  Monday morning and time to get to work in my very cool little apartmento here in Montalcino.  After a quick...

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In Honor of Vernazza -’The Little Village that Could’: Sauteed Chicken with Pesto Linguini

In Honor of Vernazza -’The Little Village that Could’: Sauteed Chicken with Pesto Linguini

Posted by on Mar 8, 2012 in Food, Liguria, Main Courses, Recipes, Regions of Italy, Wanderings | 6 comments

I just happened to run across an article on the web this week on the state of affairs in breathtaking Cinque Terre located in Italy’s...

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Tuscan Crostini with Salsa Verde

Tuscan Crostini with Salsa Verde

Posted by on Aug 17, 2009 in Antipasti, Food, Recipes, Tuscany | 0 comments

I just returned from a very special week in my beloved Montalcino, Tuscany.  I was blessed with being able to rent a little casa...

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Sophia Loren’s Chicken Cacciatora: Hunter-style Chicken

Sophia Loren’s Chicken Cacciatora: Hunter-style Chicken

Posted by on Apr 18, 2009 in Food, Main Courses, Recipes | 1 comment

In her 1971 cookbook, In the Kitchen with Love, Sophia Loren says that it is sweet red peppers that make Chicken Cacciatora really...

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Opera Night: Divine ‘Pasta alla Norma’

Opera Night: Divine ‘Pasta alla Norma’

Posted by on Jan 31, 2009 in Food, Islands of Italy, Pasta, Risotto, Breads, Recipes, Regions of Italy, Sicily | 0 comments

It’s Opera Night here at Casa Becci! I have been dying for a heaping plate of ‘Pasta alla Norma’ – a Sicilian...

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