Porcini, Tomato & Farro Soup
We have been looking for fresh porcini mushrooms here in Umbria since the end of September with no luck, so I have been making do with frozen. They have...
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Seafood Soup Trieste Style
This traditional style of seafood soup combines shellfish with other seafood which is simmered in a tomato flavored fish stock. I love making this type of seafood soup as...
Vegetable Soup With Eggs & Cheese
If you have visited this blog before, you’ll know I am a big fan of healthy soups, as well as vegetables of any description. I saw this soup on...
Zucchini Recipe Roundup
Zucchini is one vegetable that grows like a weed in the garden and then often leaves one wondering what to do with the bounty. Luckily, zucchini is a very...
Minestrone For All Seasons
Minestrone may well be the most popular Italian soup made today. It is now in fact, as well known to the world as pizza or pasta. Minestrone means “big...
Celebrating An Italian Thanksgiving
Italians living in Italy do not celebrate Thanksgiving as we do here in North America although they do have many holidays called La Festa del Ringraziamento (or Festival of...
Sautéed Cicoria {Cicoria in Padella}
Bitter sautéed greens are very popular in Umbria where we live part of the year, and we enjoy them frequently at home in the US as well. Chicory, or...
Easter Menu
Easter Sunday in an Italian home is a joyous occasion spent with family and friends. Typical of Italian cuisine, most holiday tables are planned around seasonal favorites, and springtime...
