Tag: Italy

Blog Post Photo, Ristorante Da Delfina Plate
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Artimino

Barbara Fairchild, former editor of Bon Appetit Magazine, wrote an editorial about summer eating and an appetizer she enjoyed when she was at Ristorante Da Delfina, in Tuscany “her favorite place on the planet.” When I read that comment I thought wow, us too! I sent her an email telling her so and said that […]

Spaghetti La Matriciana with Parsley Leaf
Pasta, Gnocchi and Polenta

Spaghetti La Matriciana

This is one of the most popular of the Roman pasta dishes.  The Romans and me! I had it for lunch one day at Ristorante Maccheroni in Rome where they used rigatoni. My preference is spaghetti.  Romans also like to use bucatini for their La Matriciana. You decide! The crucial element is the guanciale (cured […]

Mixed Cherry Tomato Bucatini alla Chiummenzana in Stainless Pan with Fresh Herbs
Pasta, Gnocchi and Polenta

Bucatini alla Chiummenzana

Here’s something to make with all those cherry tomatoes in the garden! This slightly spicy tomato sauce hails from Capri and it’s terrific.  I found some fresh artichokesat the Farmer’s Market this week, so I decided to make stuffed artichokes for the first course, followed by the bucatini. Wow! Nice glass of wine too!  This […]

Blog Photo Post, Lucca, Italy House
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A Return To Italy

No doubt about it, my husband and I have Italian souls and I think that it was always lurking there just waiting to burst forth! The beginning of our first return visit to Italy took us to just outside Lucca, arriving in Pisa from Rome in a small, propeller airplane! Oh my God, I am […]

Blog Post Photo, Baby Fig Tree
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Figs

It’s embarrassing to say that I have, for the past few years, coveted my neighbour’s fig trees. Every time I head towards east Vancouver, there they all are! Not far from where we live, is an apartment building that has quite a large one in the front yard. Almost every time I walk by, I […]

Blog Photo Post, Macelleria Cecchini Lardo
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My Slow Food In A Small Town

As a Christmas gift to us, I purchased a copy of Douglas Gayeton’s book “slow life in a tuscan town.” The book is a photographic narrative and is not only beautiful but interesting, especially if you have travelled in Tuscany. It is centered around the time he lived in the town of Pistoia, north-east of […]