I’ve been playing around this week with a rather wonderful salad traditionally served in Naples throughout the Christmas holidays—which, as you know, actually extend from the Feast…
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The cold weather has been relentless here on the coast of Maine. Today, Wednesday, is a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday, and looking ahead at the weather report, which a died-in-the-wool Mainer…
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a whole fish baked in salt red-figure fish plate, Aidone museum, Sicily I was taken aback on one of my first trips to Puglia, down in the heel of the Italian boot, when a…
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Caponata Icon of the Sicilian kitchen Pride of the Sicilian table Eggplant, onions, sweet red peppers, garlic, tomatoes, olives, capers, the whole bathed in a sweet-and-sour agrodolce and olive oil, extra-virgin and fresh, of course! Come join me and…
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I love Sicily at any time of year (except July and August when it’s way too hot for my cool northern blood), but I especially love Sicily in autumn, when the newly…
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My new book got off to a roaring good start this weekend when I made an outstanding duck ragu to go with pappardelle in a hearty, old-fashioned dish from Arezzo, our neighboring…
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I spent the best part of last week on the island of Stromboli—I’m leaving tonight on the overnight ferry to Naples—visiting my friend Beatrice Ughi, the director-in-chief of that wonderful website
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The artichoke season is drawing to a close. Time to pickle up a few so we’ll have something to think about in the summer days ahead. Carciofi sott’olio are great on an…
