vegetable Archives

Torta salata di zucca (Savory Pumpkin Pie)

5 October 2024

Well, autumn is well and truly upon us. And there’s no vegetable that marks the new season quite like the […]

14 June 2024

This iconic Roman dish called la vignarola is a ‘medley’ of spring vegetables made from spring onions, fava beans, artichokes, peas and

6 March 2024

I learned about this week’s dish, a Ligurian potato pie called frandura di Montalto, from fellow food blogger Josephine Wennerholm,

29 February 2024

It may come as a surprise to some, but Italians make stuffed cabbage. The dish, which they call involtini di

20 February 2024

Regular readers of this blog will know that lentils are my favorite legume. I adored my grandmother Angelina’s pasta e

12 August 2023

It’s a testament to the vastness of Italian cookery that, even after 14 years of blogging, I find that I’ve

22 July 2023

The Italian dish we all know and mostly love called la parmigiana is world famous. But did you know that

1 July 2023

Eggplants might just be my favorite summer vegetable. In fact, eggplant parmigiana is probably my single favorite dish, but it

6 May 2023

Carciofi alla giudia, or Jewish-style artichokes, are one of the signature dishes of Roman Jewish cooking. Even if a lot