Elizabeth Minchilli's Blog, page 22
June 19, 2017
pasta {zucchini + herbs}
I know it happens every year. And I have no right to get all kinds of excited. But even though I know I’m going to be inundated in a glut of zucchini in a short time, I am never-the-less thrilled when I spot those first teeny tiny zucchini peeping beneath the floppy leaves of the...
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June 12, 2017
EAT ITALY APP: BIG NEWS
Things have changed a lot since I first started this blog in 2009. And when I say ‘things’ I mean both what I write about and the ‘platform’ I use to get my ideas out there. The one thing that has stayed the same is me. I’m a writer. I use words to tell...
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June 2, 2017
a week in rome with melissa clark
One of the biggest joys of writing about food are the people I get to meet. While I often share stories of food producers, cooks, farmers and restaurant owners, there is another group of people that I rarely write about. Other writers. From the very beginning of my career I’ve been lucky enough to call...
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May 28, 2017
non-pizza snacking in naples
Last week I spent 36 hours in Naples with a friend. While we ate our weight in pizza (that was the point of this ‘research’ trip) we also managed to snack in between. While you’ll have to wait until my next book, Eating Italy, comes out for the pizza details, I’m happy to share some...
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May 21, 2017
enoteca alessi {florence}
I love one stop shopping. Especially at the old fashioned, Italian kind of places where you can grab a few essentials while also sitting down for a coffee or a glass of wine. Unfortunately these types of mom and pop owned dry good stores are a rare breed nowadays in the center of cities like...
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May 16, 2017
parma {may 2017}
I was in Emilia Romagna last week, doing research for both of my new books. Mostly, I was in the countryside south of Parma cooking with Rezdore. Roughly translated a Rezdora means ‘queen of the house’ or, more importantly, ‘queen of the kitchen’ (I’m thinking t-shirts, right?) After two full days spent rolling out...
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May 9, 2017
osteria bonelli {rome}
A few months ago, on a slightly windy, rainy and otherwise dreary Roman winter day my friend Gillian and went foraging. I bet you’re wondering what there is to forage in Rome in the middle of February? Plates. We were foraging for plates. Lately I’ve become borderline obsessed with piatti di buon riccordo. The ‘plates...
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May 1, 2017
rice {peas, asparagus + lemon}
I know at holidays most people like to stick to tradition and have the same thing every year. I admit that it’s comforting to repeat family recipes that everyone knows and loves. It’s also the safe route. But I like to try knew things, change things up. At least that’s the lie I tell myself....
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April 24, 2017
retrobottega {rome}
I’ve been meaning to write about Retrobottega for so long that I’ve now misplaced my notes from the meals I’ve had there. That happens. It actually happens more often than you’d think. I go to a restaurant, plan on writing about it immediately and then, somehow, months pass by. In my mind I thought I’d...
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April 16, 2017
{artichokes + asparagus} pasta
We spent last weekend up in Umbria. I was hoping to catch the wisteria in bloom (too early) but instead got wild asparagus. Not a bad trade-off. Although…it’s much more difficult to get a decent photograph of the asparagus! I blissfully spent two afternoons in the woods, Pico at my heels, with my asparagus picker...
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