About Italian Food: Altro Che Caldo: Hot Hot Hot

Italian Food In the Spotlight | More Topics | Top Picks |   from Kyle Phillips Over the past few days the winds have changed, and are now blowing from the South. Africa, in other words, and while they may be dry as they blow off the Sahara, they pick up all kinds of moisture as they come north over the Mediterranean, and by the time they reach Italy turn the sky a sticky white. Those who can head for the coast or the hills!   In the Spotlight Sensual Summer Dining: The Voluptuous Peach Many years ago, wife Elisabetta and I were flying to the US, and packed several late summer peaches in our handbag to have something other than (bad) airline food. Wise...read more              More Topics Pasta Recipes: Pasta Salads They make the heat bearable... Polenta Pasticciata alla Milanese If it's cold where you are... Fish: Tunnina Ca Cipuddata, Tuna with Onions A Sicilian summer recipe Meat Recipes: Judy's Braciole alla Livornese Zesty & Tasty! Vegetables: Anthony's Mediterranean Tomato Salad Perfect for summer... Italian Regional Cooking All sorts of ideas Pasta: Making it at Home It's a universe... Summer Cooking: Canned Tuna I know, it seems like a non-sequiter, but canned tuna is ready straight from the can, and also easy to jazz up with quick recipes that won't heat the kitchen...read more   Hot Out? Pollo Freddo, or Cold Chicken I note I have introduced a numbe ot recent posts with, "Hot Out?" The reason is simple: It has become woefully hot in Central Italy, the sort of weather that...read more     Sponsored Links   Top Picks - Favorite Red Sauces For Pasta  from your  Italian Food  Guide If you visit an Italian market during the summer months, you will find tomatoes: Red shot with green for salads, cherry for salads and sauce, and... San Marzano, or plum tomatoes. Bins and bins of them, which people take home by the basketload to make tomato sauce with -- what's called pomarola in Italy, and Marinara in the US. Some Favorites... 1) Fresh Figs, Anyone? Fresh figs have been a South Italian staple for thousands of years. They're wonderful as is, make excellent jams, are superb in cakes, and that's just the beginning. 2) Basil: On Making Pesto Pesto sauce, the Ligurian variety made with basil, garlic, pine nuts, and cheese, is one of the most refreshing summer pasta sauces going. And versatile too; you can do much more than put it over trenette. 3) Cocomero, Anguria, Melone D'Acqua... Watermelon is the most refreshing summer fruit. It's also quite healthy, and very low in calories. About watermelon in Italy and Italian watermelon recipes.   Who's the Cutest Cat of All? Vote for the Cutest Cat About.com's Cutest Cat contest now has 12 furry semi-finalists of all shapes, sizes and stripe. Click here to see their photos and vote for your favorite. Italian Food Ads Italian Salad Recipe Italian Food Cooking Beef Lasagna Italian Meat Dishes Rigatoni Recipe Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Home Cooking Europe for Visitors Italian Language Wine Gourmet Food   Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Italian Food newsletter as ignoble.experiment@ARCONATI.US. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=italianfood&e=ignoble.experiment@ARCONATI.US About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.