Winter Archives

Funghi trifolati (Sautéed Mushrooms)

24 February 2010

This is one of the easiest and most versatile vegetable dishes in the Italian repertoire: funghi trifolati, or ‘truffled’ mushooms, […]

11 February 2010

It’s Thursday, and the Romans out there will know that Thursdays in Rome (and perhaps in the rest of

6 February 2010

Rabbit is a wonderful meat, leaner but yet tastier than most chicken you’ll find in these days of industrial agriculture.

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

Dessert is our house is normally a piece of fruit, perhaps with some cheese, and, in winter, some mixed nuts

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

27 December 2009

Here’s a wonderful way to ‘recycle’ leftover brasato or other pot roast—as a filling for a half-moon shaped stuffed pasta

26 December 2009

Who doesn’t love winter squash soup? It is savory yet sweet, warming yet light. It makes a wonderful first course,

19 December 2009

Lamb chops Champvallon brings me back to my Paris days, when I took a couple of years off from the