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How to make Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe like a Roman
It took me years to make a decent Cacio e Pepe, one of Rome’s traditional pasta dishes (the others are Carbonara, Matriciana, and Gricia). Since Cacio e Pepe has only three main ingredients -Pecorino...
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Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, strawberries and cream gelato
I don’t know about you, but when Spring arrives, I become lazy (well ..let’s put it this way…I am lazy but I become even lazier!). And yet, I am still that food snob (not foodie please!) who’s willing...
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Give me whatever crap: Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Even though it’s not tomato season yet in Italy, the other day I was craving for a tomato- based pasta. To be more precise, I was searching for the recipe of Spaghetti alla Puttanesca. Browsing through...
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A year of Joy…Ambrosina
The picture above was taken during a sunny Spring day at Trevignano, a village surrounding Lake Bracciano. Since it was unexpectedly windy, I took off my scarf and wrapped it around my baby girl’s...
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Simply Gelato
At some point in your life you have probably met that girl who just can’t shut up about herself: how cool she is, how she only wears designer clothing, how she knows the right people, how clever she is...
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Shredded veal salad with radishes, tomatoes, spinach and yogurt-mustard dressing
I have a confession to make: there are some ingredients I just don’t know how to cook. This is was the case of – radishes. I used to eat radishes in salads, and sometimes as crudités pairing dips, but...
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Gluttony or Sloth?
I am a sinner. Everyone sins. All of us human beings were born sinners. In fact, in Christian moral tradition seven sins are said to be deadly: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony....
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Longing for Marzapane
Have you ever thought: what am I going to eat for dinner tomorrow? –or- what will I be eating for lunch next Saturday? breakfast next Sunday? What will I order from the menu of a restaurant next time I...
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God Bless the Dolomites
There are times when you have the opportunity to see a place that is so breath-taking that anything you can write about will fall short to describe its beauty; and there are times when words won’t come...
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What did you eat for Fish-Mas?
Happy New Year to all of you!! Nahhhh!!! Now, rewind to December 24th, 2013 – Christmas Eve dinner, the so called “La cena della vigilia”. I am still thinking about what I ate for dinner on that day....
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