Tag Archives: vegetarian
baked cardoons
PARMIGIANA DI CARDI. This is a recipe which smells intensely of Christmas to me. It reminds me of my mum, perennially standing in her tiny kitchen, creating complicated wonders. Oddly, she hardly made a sound while cooking for a large … Continue reading
Filed under Appetizers, Recipes, Vegetables, Winter
spinach and pasta soup
This is a healthy, refreshing and quite good-looking soup. It’s one of my desperation recipes, meaning that I make it when desperately needing a nutritious and light meal in hardly any time. I often keep a bag of pre-washed spinach … Continue reading
asparagus 101
With all the running around, worries and excitement about the new house I forgot to post my April article in The American in Italia magazine featuring another of my favorite recipes, Parmesan and asparagus eggs. Please remember that if you … Continue reading
Filed under Appetizers, Cooking Tips and Ingredients, Fresh Pasta, Recipes, Spring, Vegetables
candied orange peel
When Christmas gets closer I get orange-crazy. I need to have a pot with some intensely orangey concoction quietly simmering on the stove. That exotic aroma keeps the cold Umbrian winter away from my soul. I have been experimenting with … Continue reading
Filed under Recipes
spiced grape jelly
I love October in Umbria. Soon the winter sadness will descend on us, but right now colors are working full-time. Everywhere is golden and red. Everything seems to taste sweet, chestnuts, pears, grapes. There’s wonderful grapes everywhere. We are the … Continue reading
Filed under Fall, Preserves and Infusions, Recipes
