Archive for November, 2007

4 cheese spaghetti (better than macaroni and cheese)

I don’t like macaroni and cheese but at least I’m honest saying it because, before I made this judgment that probably will cost me my green card, I tasted them and I tried to like them, but I do not like them, they are against my nature.So, for the people that are continuing reading [...]

Eggplant parmesan (Damian’s favorite!)

This is something very very good!I never know if it’s a first course or a side dish. Personally I prefer it as a main course, because in this case you can eat more of it!

Milanese cutlets

I’m not from Milan, but this is a recipe that is well well known in every Italian family. I use veal but you can also use pork cutlets. You all know well what Milanese cutlets are like, so I will proceed to the recipe right away.

Prosciutto and melon: an easy fresh appetizer

I know it seems a strange combination: Prosciutto (from Parma or San Daniele, of course!!!) and melon? How can it be possible? But if you try it… you will find it’s a perfect combination. Thinking about combination of food, I’m sure that, especially in the past, “How many awful combinations did the people had [...]

A recipe from Trieste: Potatoes in a pot (Patate in tecia)

My cousin Lucia, after seeing my blog, asked me to add some recipes from Trieste.Lucia is from Rome and I LOVE the good food they have. My father always said to me that, after his mother, the best cooks he knows are his sisters. They were born in Trieste but they moved to Rome after [...]