 | from Kyle Phillips
Yesterday Daughter C and I went to the last birthday party of the season, in a little house next to a pretty Romanesque Church atop a nearby hill -- A fantastic view, well past Florence, and a nice yard too that would have been perfect except for the rain that poured down for much of the afternoon. Veronica's parents had brought indoor games too, and the kids played them, while we sat, talked, and watched the rain come down.
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In the Spotlight | It's Time to Make Tomato Sauce!
Italian markets are beginning to fill with San Marzano tomatoes, the wonderfully rich plum tomatoes that grow on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, and supermarkets are also putting out racks...read more
| | On The Naming Of Italian Recipes
A number of years ago I was watching TV and saw the mayor of a Ligurian town show how to prepare Panissa, an extraordinarily frugal chickpea farinata. It looked good,...read more
| Almost Eggplant Parmesan: A Lighter Version Of Eggplant Parmesan
Melanzane alla Parmigiana, Eggplant Parmesan, is one of Naple's signature dishes, and extraordinarily good. However, preparing it is time consuming, and it is quite rich. Here's a lighter, low fat version.
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Top Picks - Favorite Italian Summer Vegetables from your Italian Food Guide | ![]() | | One of the nicest things about summer is the voluptuous bounty you'll find in a good vegetable market: Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, zucchini flowers... Wonderful, and wonderfully refreshing. This link leads to some of my favorite summer recipes: | | 1) Picnic Foods & Other Cool Things
With the arrival of the summer months, Italians flee the cities whenever possible -- down to the shore to catch some rays, or up into the mountains to escape the heat. Food plays an important part in this, especially in escapes to the hills, where, come lunch time folding chairs, picnic tables, and coolers appear.... 2) Pasta Salads
Wonderful when it's hot, easy to make, improve with time, and perfect on picnics. 3) Lambrusco: A Vastly Underrated Wine
Lambrusco is the perfect wine for a picnic: light, flavorful, zesty, and low in alcohol, about 11% -- just the thing for a warm afternoon. It's also an ancient wine, mentioned by Virgil, Pliny, Cato, and Strabo, who was astonished by the size of the barrels made to contain the harvest... |
Cats Photo Quiz | ![]() | Boy Cat or Girl -- Can You Figure it Out?
Think you can tell a boy cat from a girl cat just by looking at a photo? It may not be as easy as you think: even gender-based color patterns can be misleading. Click here to take the quiz.
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