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Sautéed Peppers with TomatoesGet a good loaf of bread and a piece of cheese and place these peppers on top and let your imagination do the rest. |
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Fresh Tomato SaladServe with a delicious loaf of bread. |
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Squash Blossoms, The Edible Flowers And How To Fix ThemThis is the time of year when squash blossoms are found in Farmers Markets all around Sonoma. If you've never cooked or eaten squash blossoms, well then you've missed one of the big pleasures of the summer garden. I first had these as a kid when I was still in the "eeewwww we're eating flowers?" phase. They're a big favorite among… |
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Sweet ROASTED TOMATO simplicityI splurged on some cheaply priced Roma TOMATOES and... simply roasted them until they gave me the sweetness I deserve. |
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Fun With Favas!!One of the things I like the best about this time of year are all the vegetables that are suddenly available. One of my favorites is the Fava bean. Favas are a big part of Italian cooking, especially in Tuscany where my family is from. When I see those big old bean pods sitting there at the farmers market I just can't help myself. The… |
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It's In The Bag. Perfect Potatoes In 45 Minutes...No, Really!As most food bloggers, I'm always searching for the glamour shot. Not for myself mind you, that coal barge sailed a long time ago. I'm looking for sexy food. I'm looking for the glimmer on a tomato, the flash of a fishes' scales, the beady dew drop on… |
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The Buona Pasqua Lunch and The Secret Of No Stir PolentaEaster around our house is like the Tri-fecta of family holidays. Not only is there the big celebration of Easter, a huge deal in Italian households. But at Casa Gori, we also add in my parents anniversary and this year, my fathers' 91st birthday. Last year for his 90th, he got an iPod. Probably he was the oldest iPod owner out there… |
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Fagiolini in umido (Green beans in tomato sauce)While Sundays dinners at Angelina's house were once-a-week, belly-busting, meaty affairs, she practically lived on vegetables during the week. This was long before vegetarianism went mainstream and she would not have thought of herself as a 'weekday vegetarian' or anything of that sort. It was just the way that she grew up eating in a… |
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Mozzarella in carrozza
This group is dedicated to the food of Naples and Campania, home of pizza, the best coffee in Italy, spaghetti alle vongole, lasagna di carnevale, sartu' di riso, limoncello and, of course, mozzarella!
