Archive for July, 2011

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The Americano Cocktail

By Adri | Filed in Aperitivi, Beverages, Recipes

Well, I’m back to James Bond again. I’ve come to him late in life – or is it just that Daniel Craig came to Bond late in my life? Either way, it is time for L’Americano – the first cocktail 007 ordered in Casino Royale. This cocktail, originally known as a Milano-Torino – for the [… Read More]

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Stracenate, Stracnar and a Cavarola Board

By Adri | Filed in Dessert, Personalities, Recipes

“…This is another of those great old pastas that must be made manually and is disappearing, but let us revive it…” – Giuliano Bugialli, in Bugialli on Pasta   Everything old is new again. No jive. Question: What’s a cavarola? Answer: a small rectangular wooden board with a herringbone surface used to make some of [… Read More]

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Il Festino di Santa Rosalia and The Black Plague

By Adri | Filed in Dessert, Recipes

Yersinia pestis. The Plague, the Black Death, the Work of the Devil and God’s Retribution, the people of Palermo called it all that and more in 1624 when they were struck by a microbe whose name man did not yet know. As they prayed, built fires and collected the dead, they waited for the only [… Read More]

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Mint Chocolate Chip Panna Cotta

By Adri | Filed in Dessert, Personalities, Recipes

I guess I should add to this title “…another in an ongoing series.” Who knew that when I started writing I would wind up seeing the world through Panna Cotta colored glasses? Who knew it would come to this – when I think of a flavor I assign it an up or down vote on [… Read More]

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Happy Birthday Rossella Rago – Corzetti Stampati al Limone

By Adri | Filed in La storia di Crocetti, Recipes

Here I am on the Cooking with Nonna web site – Rossella Rago put out the call for a special recipe to celebrate her birthday.  And I won with my Corzetti Stampati al Limone! Thanks Rossella for selecting my recipe, and thanks also for all the wonderful interviews with all the nonne.  I very much [… Read More]

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