Month: June 2016

Blog Post Photo Bunch of Basil on Drying Rack
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Pesto: What’s in a Name?

It seems to be everywhere…and not just the molto famoso “Ligurian” pasta with potato and green beans with trofie pasta but dribbled or drizzled on anything you can imagine. But is that really “pesto?” Or, has the term “pesto,” which derives from the Italian pestare, meaning to pound or grind using a mortar and pestle, […]

Poached Rhubarb Dessert
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24 Hours in Ferndale

OK, so it’s not Italy! But what the heck, it’s a trip out of town!  The story began last year before our trip to Italy, when I had become FB friends with Timothy. Tim was planning on travelling around Italy then returning home via Rome and as luck would have it, we would be in […]