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Author Erika Pappa
Posted 05/10/2012
Once the pastime of eccentric Nonna’s and naturalist types, foraging is trending as the latest pursuit of the food obsessed; foraging is the act of looking or searching for food, in this case wild edibles. And all over the country enthusiasts are on the hunt: porcini, nettles, huckleberries, the legendary paw paw. Continue Reading…
Author Barbara Zaragoza
Posted 05/08/2012
I always wonder how Italians can eat very large twelve course meals and still manage to return to work the next day, or even, in many cases, an hour later. The answer, I found, lies in one potent pleasure: the digestivo. Italians certainly enjoy the ever-famous aperitivi before dinner. Campari, the bittersweet red beverage, goes well with soda. Prosecco (an Italian dry sparkling wine) also can begin a meal. But less recognized are the array of digestivi, which are enjoyed at the end of a meal. Continue Reading…
Author Barbara Zaragoza
Posted 04/27/2012
Italian coffee history begins at the Salerno medical school when texts written between the 10th and 13th centuries mentioned the dark brew. Probably due to the high cost, coffee disappeared from Europe completely thereafter. Only in 1615 did Venetian merchants again bring coffee beans to the European continent. Continue Reading…
Author Ioulia Fenton
Posted 04/27/2012
Everyone has heard of the French Paradox. French people have very low rates of heart disease despite covering every meal in tonnes of butter, preferring only the fattiest liver paté and washing each meal down with a good measure of rich red wine. Frustratingly for the fairer sex of other nations, and according to the title of Mireille Guiliano’s # 1 best seller, French Women also Don’t Get Fat, despite enjoying this medley of richness that makes our arteries shudder at the mere thought of it. Continue Reading…
Author Linda Larsen
Posted 04/20/2012
In the late 1980s, my husband and I caught what I called “local wanderlust.” We didn’t have a lot of money to travel far; we were busy building our careers and loved our house too much to spend much time away from it. So we spent weekends exploring the upper Midwest.
Author Barbara Zaragoza
Posted 04/20/2012
Who says the Italians don’t have fast food? In fact, they invented it. Pizza has been around since ancient times and today it’s an ubiquitous sight not only in Italy, but throughout the world. Pizza goes back to ancient times when people ate it as a pita bread with toppings. The Etruscans were the first in the country to create what comes down to us as focaccia bread. The ancient Greek colonizers in Italy, then, during the 6th century B.C. recorded eating a flat bread with herb, onion, and garlic toppings. Continue Reading…
Author Joanna Krenich
Posted 04/19/2012
“How do you milk a goat?”
Julian and Carol of Soledad Goats have been a regular fixture of the Hollywood market for the past 5 years. In the last few years, he’s noticed a dramatic increase in his sales as well as general attendance at the markets. Goats, Penelope and Fiona, are largely to thank for the growing success. Continue Reading…
Author Emiko Davies
Posted 04/16/2012
The saucepans were overturned-to paraphrase biographer Jean Orieux-in 1533 when Catherine de’ Medici arrived in Paris as the 14-year-old Florentine bride of Henry II, the future king of France. What Orieux was referring to in his biography of Catherine de’ Medici was the Tuscan cuisine that sheinsisted on serving in her French court. Not only did she introduce dishes and vegetables that were to become the staples of modern French cuisine, but she even brought manners to the table, starting with the fork. Continue Reading…
Author David Bridges
Posted 04/06/2012
Has love ever turned a bad eye on you? Your mate took and took until the last thing left to take was your heart. Tossing it aside like one would a peach pit when there is nothing sweet left to taste. The emotional drain guides you through a bevy of feelings until one day there is nothing left but bitterness. But is Bitter something that should be shunned and pushed away? Continue Reading…
Author David Bridges
Posted 03/30/2012
What can be more sensual than tearing a loaf of bread, dipping it into some olive oil and guiding it into the swollen lips of a woman you lust after? There has never been a more versatile ingredient in your pantry than bread. It has helped the primitive man sustain life as well as enriching the noble man’s life for centuries. Bread is widely perceived as just an accessory to most meals. But when was the last time someone you valued proclaimed, “Lets break truffles together”? You should put just as much thought into how and what kinds of breads you serve as any conductor would a horn section. Continue Reading…
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