Archive for October, 2011

Mastering the Art of French Cooking – The Revolution was Televised

By Adri | Filed in Books, Musings, Personalities

  “This is a book for the servantless American cook…” So begins Volume 1 of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the masterwork of Mmes. Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck. This month we celebrate fifty years since the book’s publication. Congratulations to all involved in bringing forth this wonderful book. I can not [… Read More]

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Panna Cotta all’Amaretto

By Adri | Filed in Dessert, Recipes

Another in The Panna Cotta Diaries Well, I am back to The Panna Cotta Diaries. I was in the mood. Comfort food. Easy comfort food. For me, that’s Panna Cotta. I decided to use Amaretto, and not just any Amaretto – Luxardo Amaretto di Saschira. If you have never tasted this brand, then you have [… Read More]

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Tortelli Caramelle for Columbus Day

By Adri | Filed in Personalities, Recipes

The second Monday in October? Hint – the children’s ditty: “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue… “ Bravo! You got it. It’s Columbus Day. On this day Cristoforo Colombo or as we know him Christopher Columbus, intrepid explorer and navigator, arrived in the New World, and the Whole World changed forever. There were other [… Read More]

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Cucina Povera by Pamela Sheldon Johns – A Book Review

By Adri | Filed in Books, Personalities

Cucina Povera: Tuscan Peasant Cooking   Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears, While we all sup sorrow with the poor; There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears; Oh hard times come again no more. “Hard Times” Stephen Foster (American songwriter 1826-1864)   I was bowled over when [… Read More]

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L’Americana – a Cocktail for Amanda Knox

By Adri | Filed in Beverages, Personalities

Oh, how I waited on this one.  Don’t confuse this with the classic cocktail, The Americano.  No, I did not misspell anything.  For four years I have followed the saga of Amanda Knox, the young American student jailed in Perugia, Italy for the November 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher.  I followed Amanda through [… Read More]

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