Archive for September, 2011

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Ristra di Peperoncino – Still Life

By Adri | Filed in Garden, Musings

The days are cooler and shorter. The tomatoes are almost finished, and the peppers have been strung into a ristra. Summer has ended. Note: You can click on any picture for a larger image, and to see a slide show with even more pictures!

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Pomodori Ripieni – Stuffed Tomatoes

By Adri | Filed in Exploring Tomatoes, Garden, Recipes

Have you ever wondered why just about every Italian city and town have a street called via XX Settembre (20th of September?) Well, think Italian unification – Italians of the late nineteenth century wanted their capital in Rome. Now channel the Bersaglieri. Yes the Bersaglieri, those fast stepping infantrymen with the coolest hats ever. And [… Read More]

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Martino’s Roma

By Adri | Filed in Exploring Tomatoes, Garden, Musings

Another in the ongoing series – Exploring Tomatoes I love this tomato! Smaller than the common Roma, with a stout bottom tapering up to narrow straight shoulders, this is one seriously productive plant.  This heirloom variety plum tomato is direct from Italy and produces fruit of about 2 to 3 ounces in weight.  It is [… Read More]

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My Calabria by Rosetta Costantino with Janet Fletcher

By Adri | Filed in La storia di Crocetti, Musings, Reviews

A Book Review My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy’s Undiscovered South   I have mentioned it before. I am a cookbook addict, an avid collector. I love the genre, and my shelves are overflowing. Positively, absolutely overflowing. The truth is the books have begun a slow walk across the library floor, down the hall [… Read More]

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It’s L.A. County Fair Time

By Adri | Filed in La storia di Crocetti, Musings

It’s time for the Los Angeles County Fair and it’s County Fair Season all across the country. Good luck to all the competitors!           What did you enter? Is your recipe a family treasure or from a cookbook? Something from the County Fair Cookbook, perhaps?           I [… Read More]

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