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Fagioli e tonno (White Bean and Tuna Salad)

11 July 2020

Fagioli e tonno, or White Bean and Tuna Salad, is just about as quick and simple a dish as you […]

3 November 2018

Yes, autumn is well and truly here. There’s a definitely chill in the air, the leaves are turning color, pumpkins

4 November 2017

La cucina povera, or the cuisine of the poor, has become quite fashionable in recent years. Based on ‘humble’ ingredients

16 September 2017

Pork and beans were meant for each other—think franks and beans from the States or cassoulet from France, to take

5 February 2016

Chicory and Beans is one of those lean dishes that Angelina practically lived on weekdays. Like many good southern Italians, she

23 June 2013

One of the iconic dishes of Ligurian cuisine, just as typical of the region as pesto, the chickpea flatbread known

10 January 2013

Pasta e fagioli, or pasta and beans, which goes by the amusing nickname ‘pasta fazool‘ in Italian-American slang, is one

5 March 2011

Tuscans are known for being the biggest bean-eaters in Italy, so much so that they are sometimes called mangiafagioli in

21 November 2010

We’ve already gone over the basic recipe for minestrone on this blog. Once you’ve mastered that, it is a lot