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It was a leftovers supper. I had a lot of polenta left over from the Fegato alla Veneziana I made a couple of evenings ago. At first I felt quite silly for having completely overestimated how much polenta I needed, but as it turned out it led me towards the simplest but most divinely tasty […]
Read MoreWhile I was gathering the ingredients together for this dish I heard the sad news of the death of Antonio Carluccio, the great Italian chef, who did so much to bring good Italian food and an appreciation of it to this country, which he made his home over 40 years ago. I have many of […]
Read MoreWriting about the maize for polenta growing in the fertile plains of the Po Valley in Northern Italy in my last post set up a longing for some polenta. Polenta is a relatively new love of mine. My first experiences of it were of glutinous and tasteless lumps that didn’t inspire me to cook it myself. […]
Read MoreI rarely eat sausages these days (they were a regular supper dish when my kids were small) but a few times I’ve sought out good, authentic Italian sausages for a dish and had no luck finding any. Then the other day I was in Corto Italian Deli buying more taralli – a serious addiction of […]
Read MoreWhen I was making pesto the other evening and looking through my Italian Cooking by Robin Howe, I spied on the same ‘Sauces’ page – Salsa alla Cacciatora. She describes this as ‘an excellent rich sauce’ that goes well with ‘pasta or polenta’. The ‘alla cacciatora‘ means in the style of the hunter. And most […]
Read MoreHowever busy I am during the day, what I’ll cook in the evening – assuming I’m in, of course – is never far from my mind. Today I thought I should use up some of the sausages I made on New Year’s Eve (click here) that were in my freezer. I decided they’d go nicely […]
Read MoreYes, I know I frequently tell you that I don’t bake cakes … or very rarely … but there’s a story here, I promise you. Well, two stories … and about the same cake. I’ve written about the lovely times I’ve had visiting my friends Linda and George in Spain. A number of times Linda […]
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