My Lesson in Food Photography: A Roasted Tomato and Eggplant Soup Photo Shoot
I have been trying to get more creative with my food photos. I am fortunate to have great light in my kitchen which presents me with tons...
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Feeling Like Tuscan Royalty: Pasta with Prosciutto, Tomato, and Basil
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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Bucatini All’Amatriciana (Bucatini in Tomato Sauce with Pancetta and Hot Pepper)
Bucatini All’Amatriciana is a classic Roman dish that starts fights in restaurants and is the source of family and friend’s...
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Easy Summer Tomato and Mozzarella Tart
All those tomatoes – what a wonderful time of year!! I have been roasting basket after basket and storing away in the freezer for...
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Michele Goes to Istanbul: Summery Shepherd’s Salad with Pomegranate Syrup
It has been a few weeks since I have posted but I have a good excuse! I was volunteering in Uganda with a short stopover to Istanbul....
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Spaghetti Sciuè Sciuè (Spaghetti Hurry Hurry)
In California, summer is trying to get a foothold and the tomatoes are in the ground and looking towards a July harvest. And thinking...
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Roasted Tomato Soup with Pancetta
Nothing soothes the soul more than a steaming bowl of zuppa! After a long week of travel coupled with the coldest of winter days, it was...
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Torta Tarantina di Patate: Cheese-and-Tomato-Topped Potato Pie
I was searching for a different type of appetizer for a dinner party on Friday eve and stumbled upon an unusual ‘pizza’ made...
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Toast to the Pomodoro: Fresh Tomato and Tuna Pasta
There it is….my very last tomato from my garden for the season…grown from seeds I bought in Italy in the spring. Look at its...
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Gratin di Melanzane e Pomodoro: Eggplant and Tomato Gratin
Due to all the rain earlier in the season, almost all my tomatoes ripened at the same time so I am wonderfully up to my ears in...
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