Venice and the Veneto Archives

Strudel di mele (Apple Strudel)

23 November 2015

I first learned to make Strudel when I was living in Vienna, its birthplace. Strudel is also made in Italy, […]

19 September 2014

Well, Autumn is well and truly upon us. We’re waking up to cool mornings and going to bed to downright chilly

17 February 2013

Beef carpaccio—known to Italians simply as carpaccio—is one of the most famous of Italian antipasti. But the version most people are

28 December 2011

I love recipes that combine meat (or fish) with vegetables like this chicken in white wine with mushrooms. In Italian

19 February 2011

A not-so-distant cousin of Provençale brandade de morue, baccalà mantecato is one of the signature dishes of Venetian cuisine and a

2 October 2010

Here’s another installment from the colorful world of risotto. Last week we featured green risotto, this week it’s squid ink

13 June 2010

A good many people have an aversion to organ meats. Perhaps that’s because they are often not very well prepared—overcooking,

15 May 2010

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

25 January 2010

Baccalà, or dried salt cod, is a favorite meal around our house, even if it only appears occasionally on the