This savory Roman chicken dish, also known as pollo alla romana, is enormously satisfying. Although you could precede it with a rustic pasta like an ajo e ojo if you’re really hungry, you can skip the primo, as we did tonight, but have lots of crusty bread on hand to … Read More
Angelina’s pasta e lenticchie (Pasta and Lentils)
Of all the wonderful dishes my grandmother Angelina would make when I was growing up, this was my very favorite. And that’s saying a lot, since she made incredible lasagna di carnevale. Angelina’s pasta e lenticche (pasta and lentils) was very simple to make but involved three more or less simultaneous … Read More
Insalata Caprese
It’s a warm, wonderful Summer-like day, and I didn’t feel like doing any ‘real’ cooking (yes, even I feel lazy about cooking sometimes) so I just threw together—almost literally—this typical summertime salad of tomato, mozzarella and fresh basil that we’re all familiar with. This is a ‘composed’ salad like the … Read More
Welcome!
Welcome to this site. It’ll soon be filled with my favorite recipes…. in the meanwhile, you can enjoy more over at my Facebook fan club called the “Gnocchi ai funghi Recipe Exchange Club”. Happy cooking! Frank Post-scriptum: The recipe exchange club was retired in early 2014. . And you … Read More
