…on. Now that the weather is rapidly cooling off here in the northern hemisphere, I turned to one of my favorite cool weather vegetables, fennel. Now fennel is delicious raw,…
Insalata di arance rosse (Blood Orange Salad)
I recently found some blood oranges from California at the market–and I love blood oranges–so I made a blood orange salad as ‘dessert’: you just peel and slice the oranges,…
Insalata di riso con würstel (Italian Rice Salad)
…equivalent that goes by the German name of würstel. And while last year’s rice salad was very grown up and almost elegant, this year’s salad is colorful and ‘fun’, with…
Tale of Two Spritzes: Aperol Spritz and Campari Spritz
…with a slice of orange. These days Aperol Spritz is the more popular of the two, especially internationally. Truth to be told, I hadn’t come across the Campari Spritz until…
Insalata russa (Russian Salad Italian Style)
Russian Salad, known in Russian as Салат Оливье or Salad Olivier, was once a common feature on festive tables all over the world. Russian salad Italian style is distinguished by…
Romeo Salta’s Easter Salad
…a bit to suit my own tastes. I was well pleased with the results. Other than a Russian Salad, I’d never tried using green peas in a salad, and never…
Negroni sbagliato
…part Campari 1 or 1-1/2 part Prosecco (or more to taste) Garnish with: A slice or orange, or A twist of orange peel Directions Fill your glass with ice, add…
A Neapolitan Christmas: Insalata di rinforzo (Cauliflower and Pickled Vegetable Salad)
This zesty cauliflower salad is a fixture on family tables in Naples during the Christmas season. The salad is called insalata di rinforzo—’reinforcement salad’—is because it was customary in the…
