Elizabeth Minchilli's Blog, page 43
January 11, 2015
anchovy + scallions + orange {pasta}
“What is that seasoning? It tastes so good! Wait a minute, don’t tell me…..” I get that a lot. Not because I’ve dug into a jar of some exotic spice a friend has brought back from the Middle East or India. No. It comes at me when I’ve done nothing more than grate an orange...
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January 8, 2015
flavio velavevodetto {rome}
Restaurants go up and down in quality, I understand that. Some new restaurants start out great, then fizzle when the shine wears off. And some old favorites decide to begin catering to tourists – trying to make a fast profit – or else change hands and slip downhill. And then there is the problem of...
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January 6, 2015
resolutions + beans
I think the reason that most people don’t stick to any sort of dietary New Year’s resolutions is because it’s all about giving stuff up. No drinking. No carbs. No cheese. No fun. I think these kinds of resolutions are deceptive. You think if you eliminate one or two things from your diet, that this...
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January 4, 2015
torta barozzi {flourless chocolate cake}
Over the last twenty years my family has developed a routine for the holidays. After a few early Christmas’s spent in our house in Umbria when Sophie and Emma were little, we began to alternate between Domenico’s family in Bari and my family, mostly in New York. There were a few years when my sister...
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December 22, 2014
happy holidays {2014}
I’m always dreaming of a white Christmas. I hope your Holidays are merry and bright where ever you are this season. Thank you for your support and good cheer throughout the year, and I wish you all the best. See you in 2015!
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making + eating orecchiette {bari}
Whenever we go to Bari I head to Barivecchia to stock up on homemade orecchiette. A few weekends ago, while visiting Signora Nunzia I not only came away with pasta, I also learned a few new things. First of all, as you already know, I learned that the signora also makes panzerotti. And she kindly...
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December 17, 2014
marzapane {rome}
Almost from the first night it opened in 2013, this pocket-size restaurant has become one of the most difficult tables in town to book. In a male-dominated industry, 25-year-old chef Alba Esteve Ruiz, formerly chef of appetizers at Spain’s celebrated El Celler de Can Roca, created something rather out of the ordinary. With only a...
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December 15, 2014
ristorante al covo {venice}
Sometimes I’m so caught up in trying out new restaurants, that I don’t visit the older, established places as often as I’d like. It wasn’t always like this. Up until a few years ago, the restaurant scene was very stable in Italy. Things pretty much stayed predictably (and sometimes boringly) the same. These days it...
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December 14, 2014
pasta + octopus
Last week, at the farmer’s market, I arrived early so that I wouldn’t miss out on the fish. While all the other stands usually have more than plenty to sell throughout the day, the fish stand comes in from the coast with the day’s catch. You never know what he’ll have but one thing is...
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December 11, 2014
making panzerotti {barivecchia}
There are a lot of things here in Italy that I never bother to make at home because they are just so mucy easier to buy in stores. Pizza Bianca is one of those here in Rome. And so is fresh pasta. While I could make them in my own kitchen, I’d rather spend my...
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