Category Archives: Italian Food

Homemade Dinners For Past-Due Holidays and Compromised Circumstances

By allison | Published: August 18, 2009
Last week I conjured up a four course meal for my brother and his wife as a delayed Christmas present. They’d already drank their special red wine I bought especially for the meal (from Italian Wine Merchants), but had only used half the bottle of exquisite extra virgin olive oil. The can of oil packed [...]
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I Got A Hand, Sometime It Makes Things

By allison | Published: May 27, 2009
It’s hard for me to remember the first time I ever had gnocchi. Of all the fresh pastas, it’s one of the easiest to make from scratch, only requiring potatoes, flour, eggs, water, and a pair of hands. And preferably acceptable meteorological conditions. But when you want it so bad, even just to make yourself [...]
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Electric Pink Food (And An Obsession With Ricotta)

By Allison | Published: December 30, 2008
What do you get when you combine fresh pasta, shredded roasted beets, and ricotta cheese? Why… pink pasta! If you’ve ever eaten ricotta, you’ll know it goes with various foods. In the savory category we have pasta, roasted potatoes, any vegetable really, bread, crackers, chicken, God who knows what else. With the sweets, we have [...]
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