vegetable Archives

Pasta alla Norma (Sicilian-Style Pasta with Eggplant)

4 September 2009

This, one of my favorite summertime pastas, comes from Sicily. Along with pasta con le sarde, it is perhaps the […]

30 August 2009

This dish of green beans dressed with fresh lemon juice and olive oil, to my mind, typifies the simple elegance

17 August 2009

Strange as it may seem, squid and peas were made for each other. The sweetness of peas sets off the

13 August 2009

There are so many different ways to stuff a pepper. Here’s one, Tuna Stuffed Peppers, that I particularly like. Stuffed peppers

6 August 2009

These pan-fried potatoes make for a wonderful accompaniment to lamb and other meat dishes, and they are incredibly simple and

12 July 2009

Vegetables and pasta were meant for each other. And no vegetable says summer like zucchini. Ergo, there’s no more iconic

9 July 2009

Besides her fabulous pastas, Angelina would make wonderful Italian flat omelettes or frittate. I loved them. This was one, stuffed

28 June 2009

This savory Roman chicken dish, also known as pollo alla romana, is enormously satisfying. Although you could precede it with

28 June 2009

Of all the wonderful dishes my grandmother Angelina would make when I was growing up, this was my very favorite.