Tag: Italian cooking
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PASTA FAGIOLI WITH KALE – not a love story
Hi there, This is another vegetable tale. Do you remember my writing about how long it took to embrace eggplant? Well, I did finally start a romance with aubergines. I mean, how can you resist a vegetable with that fancy title and royal color. Now, I am trying to embrace kale. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have…
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spaghetti and clams – a laganella family favorite
Hi there, When my children were young, family dinners were reserved for Sunday. Between Dom’s schedule as a busy General Practice Doctor and the boys schedule of sports and music, dinner was grab and go during the week. But on Sundays, we always sat down together. Dom would make an afternoon run to the bakery…
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Caponata – if at first you don’t like it, try it again
Hi there, This post is another tale of disliking a food and then ending up falling in love with the taste. You may remember me talking about my friend, Al, and the pesto disaster. Alfred was constantly introducing me to new foods with varying degrees of success. One of the first foods he introduced was…
