Archive for January 21st, 2010

Lu Stufatu (Sexy, Sexy Stewed Vegetables)

January 21, 2010  |  Altri Primi, Contorni, Secondi  |  2 Comments

Like many of the more wily concepts in life - lu stufatu is one of those things that is almost impossible to pin down, empirically: You can just bet your boots that you'll know it when you see it.

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The Sculpture Garden in Lecce, Italy: The Work of Eugenio Maccagnani

January 21, 2010  |  il paese  |  4 Comments

On our free morning at our tiny cooking school in here in Lecce, Italy, just after the guided tour of the city, but before we make fresh sausages from scratch in the afternoon, most folks spend their free time here, in the park or sculpture garden, a somber green oasis in

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Salice Salentino

January 21, 2010  |  vino  |  3 Comments

So, slowly, I started asking students what they saw as we passed the countless vineyards of Puglia, following my own beliefs that you can’t understand Italian wine until you understand the label and you can’t understand the label until you understand what actually happens in the fields. ‘Well, they look

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Gelato di Albicocche

January 21, 2010  |  dolci, Primi  |  5 Comments

I’m told that I have something of an obsessive personality, although I really prefer the adjective, ‘enthusiastic’. Take summer dishes: This year I’m only really eating three dishes, and all three of them nearly everyday. The only one that is not part of my normal summer repertoire is this new, lightened

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