Leeks Parmesan! A Spring #(not)recipe
Ooooh, happy Saturday! Spring has arrived! A freshness in the air. Tender leaves unfolding. Bees a buzzing. Spring veggies are springing forth. Oh joy 🙂 …
Snowmageddon 2016! Cooking Up a Storm – Baked Farro with Winter Vegetables
Snowmageddon 2016 – a food blogger’s dream! Two feet of snow outside with more still to come….not much else to do than hunker down and …
Primi Sapori di Primavera: The First Taste of Spring!
I almost cried at the farm market today. Little tears pricked my eyes but, com’on Michele, hold it together. First, the smell of a light …
Eat Your Beets! Roasted Beets and Carrots with Gorgonzola and Beet Vinaigrette
Many of us grew up being forced by our well meaning parents to eat certain vegetables. For me, this form of parental torture was evident …
GNAM, GNAM – Balsamic Roasted Onions
Italians have a silly expression for ‘yummy’ that always makes me giggle – GNAM, GNAM. The first time I heard it was from my (wonderful) …
Eat Your Vegetables-Italian Style
Italians sure know how to eat their veggies in style. I still remember the first time I crossed paths with something called a sformato. I was …
Eat Your 3 Peas: Peas, Pancetta and Pecorino Salad
Firstly, a quick update on my virtual treadmill walk to the summit of Mount Etna! Great progress this week – I logged 30.52 km or …
Sauteed Swiss Chard and Chick-peas – Florentine style (Bietole e ceci alla fiorentina)
Ok – full disclosure – chick-peas are not my favorite food by a mile! I owe it all to my mother who loved cecis (as …
