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Melanzane a funghetto (“Mushroom-Style” Eggplant) 26 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Don’t let the name of this dish fool you, there are no mushrooms in melanzane a funghetto, also known by its Neapolitan dialect name, melanzane «a fungetiello» The name refers to the way in which the ...
Pollo all’ischitana (Ischia-Style Chicken) 18 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
After last week’s look at gnocchi alla sorrentina, Sorrento’s classic gnocchi dish, let’s travel across the Bay of Naples to the lovely island of Ischia. During our years in Rome, Ischia was one of ou...
Gnocchi alla sorrentina (Potato Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce and Mozzarella) 12 Aug 2013 | 04:13 am
Potato gnocchi are pretty filling, the kind of food you may associate with the cooler weather. But, in fact, you can enjoy gnocchi all year ’round. They are delicious with pesto, for example, or with ...
How to Make Potato Gnocchi at Home 12 Aug 2013 | 03:46 am
Gnocchi are one of the easier types of ‘pasta’ to make at home and most definitely worth the effort. The mini-hockey pucks that are sold commercially as potato gnocchi are, to put it bluntly, hardly w...
Bruschetta 5 Aug 2013 | 05:16 am
Bruschetta is a dish of such astonishing simplicity that you might say it’s not even worth blogging about. After all, the authentic, basic bruschetta is nothing more or less than grilled bread, rubbed...
Taralli dolci, or “Nana’s Cookies” 28 Jul 2013 | 09:24 pm
This is a recipe near and dear to my heart. It was one of Angelina’s signature dishes. When I was a kid, our family called these “Nana’s Cookies”, and I really thought that only my nana made them. Wel...
Croccette di patate (Potato Croquettes) 22 Jul 2013 | 01:26 am
Crocchette di patate are wonderfully versatile. They are probably most often served as an antipasto, but they can also do fine service as a lovely contorno, especially with fried meat or fish dish, or...
Bastille Day Special: Steak au poivre (Peppercorn Steak) 15 Jul 2013 | 02:17 am
In cooking as in life, simpler is oftentimes better. French cooking may have a reputation for complication, but, in reality, many classic homestyle dishes from “over the Alps” (d’oltralpe, as the Ital...
Calamarata con Salsiccia, Ricotta e Piselli (Calamarata Pasta with Sausage, Ricotta and Peas) 1 Jul 2013 | 12:50 am
This was a dish I made up on the spot one day, finding a few stray links of sausage and some leftover ricotta in my fridge, and some frozen peas at the bottom of the freezer, to serve as a condimento...
Farinata genovese (Genovese Chickpea Flatbread) 23 Jun 2013 | 08:48 pm
One of the iconic dishes of Ligurian cuisine, just as typical of the region as pesto, la farinata genovese deserves to be better known. It has a wonderful, mildly nutty flavor that marries well with j...
