beans Archives

Crema di cannellini (Tuscan White Bean Soup)

10 November 2010

Here’s a quick and easy weeknight supper for you, Tuscan White Bean Soup: a purée of cannellini beans, seasoned with garlic […]

15 May 2010

Sweet, fresh peas in their pods can be hard to find, but when I spotted some in a local market

11 May 2010

Now piselli alla romana may be the shortest post I ever write, as this tasty and elegant side dish is about

1 May 2010

Fave e pecorino—fava beans and pecorino— is not really a “dish” at all, you just set out the fava beans, in

22 April 2010

One of the most delicious and satisfying antipasti in the Italian repertoire is also one of the simplest: fagioli e

8 February 2010

It’s a shame to throw away leftover polenta. There are so many delicious ways to use it. As mentioned in

1 January 2010

New Year’s Eve for Italians—like so many other holidays—is marked by a large, festive meal, often an elegant seafood dinner,

30 December 2009

Here’s one answer to the perennial post-Christmas question: what to do with the leftover ham? As we all know, pork

10 November 2009

While Sundays dinners at Angelina’s house were once-a-week, belly-busting, meaty affairs, she practically lived on vegetables during the week. This