If it's hot outside, cool pasta salad mixes up with most anything to hand Soup is well known as an ingredient catch-all most of the year but in the hottest summer months, save for a nod to great gazpacho, I say cold pasta salad can fill the same role just as well. Boil any pasta you have around then run it under cold water immediately after to stop the … Read More →
For Edesia's sake, DON’T call it Carbonara! I’m told that geniune Italian handbags are pricey affairs with counterfeits galore at every turn. The same applies to various “authentic” dishes from around the globe, Italy included. And you know Italy, I get it. I totally understand why you’d want to protect a national culinary treasure like Pasta Carbonara. I’d be just as picky … Read More →
Flexible Finish - Fried, Baked or Sauced Every culture has a favourite dumpling and Italy is no exception. Across the whole of the country gnocchi in its many forms is their answer. While potato-based versions abound, cheese is also used as a base with plenty of regional arguement over naming conventions. Some profess only potato can be called gnocchi with cheese being … Read More →
Time Well Spent So it’s Thanksgiving today in Canada. Virus woes have put a crimp in dinner gathering plans the world over so for the first time in decades, I’m not cooking the usual fare today. I’m sure I’ll correct that omission when the American version of the holiday rolls around in a few weeks. In the meantime, … Read More →
How An Italian Snacks When the pantry is nearly bare just before market day and you have hunger alarms making a racket in your brain, you need something cheap, fast, and hopefully already in your dwindling stocks. The power might even be out thanks to a blizzard but if you can boil water over a camp stove on the … Read More →
Why Italians Have Vegetable Gardens Lasagna is the advanced and tastier version of mac & cheese. It’s also a great place to hide heaps of veg if you’re cooking for the meat and potatoes crowd. Layers of sauces, filling, and cheeses keep them distracted from the fact that you don’t really need ground beast in the mix. Now with the … Read More →
Downmarket Carbonara I’m a fan of food classics which means you’re just as likely to get traditional Italian Carbonara as you are family-style baked mac & cheese on my table. They’re not better or worse than one another but obviously each has their own connotations of venue. Try to get away with a southern American casserole in … Read More →
