Kitchen Cousins (+ new expat family recipes)
While I was hanging with the family in Tuscany, a kitchen renovation was underway back at the house in Fossacesia. That's where I headed...
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Oct 11, 20192 min read
Rigatoni & Ceci al Curry
This unusual and simple pasta dish is one of my favorites. There’s a bit of Moorish influence in the Italian kitchen, and the Abruzzo...
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Jul 2, 20193 min read
Traditional Soup with a Side of Charm
Dense, flavorful, and comforting sagnette e fagioli is the Abruzzo region’s take on the better-known pasta e fagioli (or pasta fazul in...
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Apr 25, 20192 min read
Healthful Dishes, More Helpful Drugs
After my night in Rome, I headed to Fossacesia. As I wrote in my last post, I’d arrived in Italy feeling pretty crummy. By the time I got...
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Feb 28, 20192 min read
Matta per la Cipollata!
I love homely contadino food. Always have. Show me a garlicky tomato sauce or thick bean soup or almost any mashup of humble ingredients...
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Dec 24, 20182 min read
Christmas means strufoli
Most of us have favorite foods from childhood —and particularly from childhood holidays — whose deliciousness probably is more about the...
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Nov 27, 20182 min read
Holidays on Slice: La Peperonata
In Lancianese cooking, one of the esteemed cuisines near me, peppers both hot and sweet figure heavily. This dish is made of the sweet...
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Nov 20, 20183 min read
My cup wonneth over nobody.
Coffee is, of course, a serious thing in Italy. And it’s all about quality versus quantity. Those espressos are one mouthful, but it’s a...
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Nov 5, 20181 min read
For the some who like it hot
The Abruzzese palate has a high tolerance for heat. At local restaurants, meals often are served with a dish of hot pepper on the side so...
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Oct 29, 20183 min read
Spaghetti all’Arrabbiata
A lotta Americans gotta gotta gotta have arrabbiata when they’re in Italy. I’m one of them. A good arrabbiata is very possibly my...
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Sep 12, 20181 min read
My New Go-to: Avocado, Tomato, and Basil Salad
This last August, the heat wave across central Italy was intense. One evening toward the end of my stay, when my fresh blow-out from the...
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