sweet lemon fritters
f is for fritter for this october hay hay it's donna day post. f also stands for fantastic. when you taste these coincidence, i think not. i am very fond of lemons and also of cognac (that i substituted for the brandy in this
Dashing Bitters
Michael over at a Dash of Bitters, has posted the Mixology Monday #9 roundup. Get mixing these entries look great! Cheers
Polpette
These little nuggets of tender goodness are polpette. Meatballs. To the average Calabrese, they generally contain a good portion of pork and maybe a little beef or veal. I have to ask the butcher to only pass the pork through the
MxMo #9
Mixology Monday #9 has arrived I re-discovered this blog event while I was looking to substantiate my case in an arguement that a friend and I have been having ALOT lately. He would drink wine all the time and thinks that there is a
Ricotta
Is there anything as delicately delicious as ricotta? Meaning 're-cooked' in Italian, this was how ricotta was traditionally made. After cheesemaking, re-cooking the whey coagulates the remaining milk solids so they can be skimmed from
Pasta e rapini
I love rapini. This nicely tempered bitter-ish savoury green partners up with spicy chilies, garlic and oil like they have been together all their lives. Rapini isn't bitter to an inedible level, but it is mellower and more flavourful
Margarita
Ahh fresh lime juice. Added to salsa, guacamole, and in a quick spicy tortilla soup that I made for our Mexican movie night dinner. We enjoyed this along with chicken flautas and of course, margaritas.
hhdd #6
looking for a quick and satisfying meal idea to pair up with a crisp green salad? or a dessert to sit alongside an espresso or flat white? something to hand the hungry monsters when they come home from school? or maybe something that
salsa di noci
walnut sauce is a delicious traditional ligurian pesto made with, of course, walnuts. wait a minute, you may be saying pesto? isn't 'pesto' a green sauce made with basil? yes, and no. it's true that pesto is a basil sauce and also a
fair trade month
october is fair trade month see the article on the sustainable table here