il polpettone e come mai lo insegno: meat loaf and why i teach it

il polpettone e come mai lo insegno: meat loaf and why i teach it

November 15, 2010  |  Secondi  |  11 Comments

  At the school we serve rabbit, at least once a week. We serve bitter weeds, once caked with red mud. We serve cheeses that could revive dazed boxers. We serve actual flower bulbs, boiled in vinegar and then put up in jars. We serve squiggly little things that live

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gli scampi: langoustines

gli scampi: langoustines

August 1, 2010  |  Secondi  |  7 Comments

Norway lobsters is what the books call them. The English call them Dublin Bay Prawns. The French call them Langoustines.  The Spanish who go nuts for the things, buying up up to half of England's catch, call them cigalas. Visit friends in Spain and you'll be offered these, often

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Lu Stufatu (Sexy, Sexy Stewed Vegetables)

January 21, 2010  |  Altri Primi, Contorni, Secondi  |  1 Comment

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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