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Pasta e fagioli: The Authentic Recipe

10 January 2013

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

3 April 2011

Recently, a Belgian colleague of mine (who is also a regular reader of this blog) was kind enough to give

11 July 2010

If I had to mention one dish in the Italian repertoire that epitomizes elegant summer eating, this might well be

29 May 2010

Italy, being a rather slender peninsula, is a country where the sea is rarely too far away. And, of course,

28 February 2010

With the increased interest in vegetarian and vegan diets in recent times, you will find more and more recipes calling

21 February 2010

One of the guilty pleasures that I have never, up to now, revealed to a living soul is my penchant

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

21 July 2009

In the days when freshly baked bread was a staple of everyday life, a plethora of recipes grew up for