Even though my paternal grandfather was from Grumo Appula, a small town outside Bari in the southeastern Italian region of Puglia, I don’t remember eating much pugliese food growing up….
Calzone di cipolla alla pugliese (Puglian Onion Pie)
This dish brings back some of my fondest childhood food memories. Calzone di cipolla, or Puglian onion pie, is one of the signature dishes of the cuisine of Puglia. My…
Troccoli con cime di rapa e cozze
…my time in Puglia, where I discovered a kind of pasta native to Puglia called troccoli. Troccoli are a kind of fresh thick long pasta made with durum wheat flour,…
Orecchiette con pomodorini e rucola (Orecchiette with Cherry Tomatoes and Arugula)
…know, orecchiette, literally meaning “little ears”, is perhaps the most iconic fresh pasta of Italy’s Puglia region. Many if not most people associate this pasta with Puglia’s arguably best known…
Polpette di melanzane (Eggplant Meatballs)
The cooking of Puglia, the region that encompasses the ‘heel’ of the Italian peninsula on the Adriatic Sea, deserves to be much better known. It practically defines the Mediterranean diet,…
Angelina’s Green Beans with Onions and Mint
…beans’ in the local dialect. Now, I have two theories about this: my grandfather being from Puglia, it is possible that she learned this Puglian way of making green beans…
Cialledda (Bread and Tomato Salad)
…known caponata napoletana from the Campania region. Today we present la cialledda, yet another bread and tomato salad, this time from the regions of Puglia and Basilicata in the extreme…
Spaghetti all’assassina (“Killer” Spaghetti)
If you follow Italian food trends, you’ve probably heard of spaghetti all’assassina aka “Killer” Spaghetti. From its humble beginnings as a local favorite in Puglia’s capital city of Bari, the…