About Italian Food: A Bleated Happy All Hallows!

Italian Food In the Spotlight | More Topics |   from Kyle Phillips We usually spend Halloween with American friends, but one of the daughters of our traditional host has the flu. So we had friends over, and had testaroli with pesto sauce to start, followed by a cheese platter and squash-based sides, for orange. However, I took daughter C trick or treating too, with some of her classmates. Almost everyone we called upon opened the door, and though a few improvised (we got crackers too) everyone knew what Halloween was. Not bad for a small Italian town!   In the Spotlight Almost Wordless Wednesday: There's More to Seasonality Than Vegetables Hear the word "seasonality," and you may think of fruit or vegetables: asparagus in the spring, peas and peaches in the summer, chestnuts and porcini mushrooms in the fall... Meats... Read more              More Topics Egg Recipes: How to make a frittata It's not difficult! Cheese Dishes: Cheese Baskets Perfect for serving a risotto Pies: Monica's Yogurt Pie Easy to do Wine: Gavi A fine Piemontese white Italy: Living Here, Travel, People, and More Making Risotto It's quite easy! Italian Regional Cooking Lots of Variety! Happy Halloween! Halloween is a relatively new thing in Italy: When I moved here in 1982 nobody celebrated it and I had to explain the Halloween scene in ET to my friends. Things... Read more   An Italian Meal For The Week, and Barolo I have spent much of the past week working on my tasting notes from Alba Wines, the annual presentation of the wines from Piemonte's Langa region. Specifically, the 2005 Barolo.... Read more     Sponsored Links   Home Allergy Center Quick Cleaning Tricks These easy shortcuts and tips will help keep rid your home of grime, dust and other allergens. More > Italian Food Ads Italian Pasta Recipe Gourmet Appetizers Italian Cheese Italian Bread Italy Cake 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.