Lenticchie in Umido – Stewed Lentils
Autumn 🍁 is finally in the air in Los Angeles. All and all, we had a pretty mild summer. The real heat in LA comes …
Summer Corn Soup with Crispy Pancetta
Summer living is the best, isn’t it? There is something about the simplicity that the summer season brings to my cooking that makes my little …
Comforting Tuscan Ribollita
And suddenly – boom – we have all become full-time home cooks, forced to figure out what the heck to make for dinner for ourselves …
Pasta fasul – The comfort stew of my childhood
Growing up we called it “pasta fasul”. This warm and comforting thick stew was frequently on the table when the weather turned cool in autumn …
Brighten Your Winter Day: Roasted Cauliflower and Kale Soup
Wowza – is it cold here on the east coast! I don’t ever remember it being this cold. It has been interesting to see how …
Summer Clam Guazzetto
During my boyhood in New Jersey, summer meant trips to the Jersey shore, and the Jersey shore meant clams! From then till now, to me …
In Search of Castelluccio Lentils
While in Umbria on vacation a few years ago, we went in search of fabled Castelluccio lentils. We had seen these lentils for sale when …
Detoxing Italian Style: Fabulous Fennel
Buon anno, tutti!! With the holidays behind us, many of us have gone a bit overboard with the continual stream of cakes, cookies, libations and …
Mussels and Shells in a Saffron Tomato Soup
With Christmas Eve fast approaching, it’s time to starting thinking about that uniquely Italian-American tradition of the Seven Fishes. Probably born from the Italian tradition …
Marchigiana Fava Bean Soup
Every year I plant fava beans in my garden and I ask myself, “why?!” The plants take a lot of room in the garden (though …
An Ode to Escarole :-)
Ciao ciao, dear friends! A nice quiet, chilly Saturday morning here in Pennsylvania! After a crazy, busy work week, it feels exceptional to just sit …
My Mom’s Passatelli and An Old Meat Grinder
One look at my mom’s old meat grinder and my eyes instantly well with tears. Never fail. How can that old beast resign me to …
