Sugo al Cipolle (onion sauce for pasta) Santa Marcella gave us this one in her Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, and it has been a house favorite since we first ate it. My version takes a while to cook, but it is so worth the effort, and it is one […]
Marcella Hazan. 1992. Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN-10: 0307597954; ISBN-13: 9780307597953. This is the first ‘international’ cookbook I bought, after a friend’s roommate recommended it. I love this book: it is the real basis of how I approach cooking. Marcella Hazan taught Americans how to cook […]
Rice: a Savor the South cookbook Michael Twitty. 2021. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9781469660240 Three great things come together in the lovely little cookbook: amazing author and cook Michael Twitty, rice, and UUNC (Go Tar Heels!). UNC press is doing a series of short cookbooks […]
Dinner party tonight is a Roman dinner — pollo alla romana, sauteed fennel, cannellini beans, bruschette, and some polpette di pesce on a bed of sauteed red onions. This Tuscan bread is for the bruschette, and the pizza di visciole (Roman cherry tart) s our dessert….
This is our favorite sauce, and has been for 30 years…..
Several years ago, my spouse went to Rome for a year of teaching in a study abroad program. He’s done this a couple of times, and it is a wonderful experience for us both: he gets to live in Rome for a year, I get to take trips to Italy […]
I aim to post twice a week — once with a recipe or a book review, and once with a post about something delicious. I hope to generate some conversations, ideas and exchanges of fun cooking tips here, so please feel free to comment, add your own take, or what […]
Hi there. I have been cooking for years, but I got really into it during COVID, when I suddenly had to produce two meals a day (spouse and I get up at way different hours, so breakfast is on your own). I hit the books to get ideas. I have […]