Seventeen Days in Italy
The Girl Who Ate Everything has finished meticulously documenting her trip through Italy. Poking through the archives, the quantity of gelato consumed is astounding.... More
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Serious Chocolate Takes Hold in Tuscany
An artisanal food tradition has been quietly taking hold in Tuscany in the last two and a half decades: chocolate-making. And the chocolate in this region of central Italy has two defining characteristics: It uses the flavors of the area (lavender, olive oil, balsamic, rosemary) and "is made in handcrafted batches in small factories."... More
Photo of the Day: Meaaat Whoaa
I never took much notice of supermarket meat counters until I saw this display of cured hams in all their fat-marbled glory at PAM, a major supermarket chain in Bologna. The meat shimmered like jewels. Pork-based jewels. When I came back home from my vacation in Italy I went back to ignoring supermarket meat counters. They're not the same here. Not even close.... More
Adopt an Olive Tree
Adopt one of Italy's Nudo estate olive trees and you'll be sent all your tree’s produce for a year. Each tree produces about 2 liters of oil a year and Nudo guarantees a minimum of 1.5 liters.... More
Guide to Gelato in Bologna
This past June when my friend Morten brought up the idea of joining him on a two-and-a-half week vacation in Bologna the first thought that popped in my head (aside from, "Hell yeah, I'm going") was, "What's the greatest amount of gelato that I can consume without tearing a hole in my stomach?" More
In the News: Jamie Oliver's School Food Fails; U.S. Farm Bill Hits Snag; Cooking Mama 2
Food safety concerns may stall farm bill: "Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said she will block the Senate bill if it includes a House-passed provision that would allow some smaller meat processing plants to opt out of federal meat inspections in favor of state inspections. The bill hasn't even emerged from committee yet." [Associated Press] Food crises in Zimbabwe deepens: Bakeries are closing for lack of flour in the country once known as the "breadbasket of Africa." [Voice of America] Italians plan "vote" against genetically modified food: As opposition wanes in North and South American, Italy is hoping to renew Europe's stand against "Frankenfoods." [Reuters] U.K. egg supply threatened: If prices aren't raised, farmers say they won't have incentive to... More
Pasta Strike in Italy
Italian consumers associations are asking their countrymen to boycott pasta today in a largely symbolic effort to draw attention to the rising costs of noodles. As is the case with most of these food-price stories these days, biofuel production is being blamed for the high cost of durum wheat, more of which is being diverted into ethanol-making. Says the BBC: "Pasta is a national dish in Italy, with each Italian eating on average 28 kg (62 lb) of pasta every year." And perhaps the most apt analogy was the one I just heard on BBC World Service radio: "An Italian without pasta is like an American without hamburgers." Photograph from iStockphoto.com... More
How to Eat Fresh Sea Urchin
In her latest blog post, Ms. Adventures in Italy describes the process of catching and eating fresh sea urchins from the seaside in Puglia, Italy, accompanied by beautiful photos of the spiky creatures. Who wants sea urchin gonads now? I DO!... More
The Fried Pizza of My Dreams
Up until today, I only knew of one type of deep-fried pizza: that of the battered kind, in which the slice is encased in a shell of golden, crisp, artery-clogging goodness. While I would like to try it someday (or just a bite of it), higher on my list is the Neapolitan street food pizza fritta, which is something like a filled flat bread dunked into the fryer, unbattered. FX's Kitchen Adventures takes us into Antonio's kitchen as he prepares the first fried pizza of the day, resulting in a beautiful, glistening, bubbled crust whose cheese oozes out between the slices. If only I had a deep-fryer to make Neapolitan pizza fritti with. Would anyone care to experiment?... More
Eat Free in Florence
Photo by Optical Illusion on Flickr I usually find the New York Times "36 Hours" pieces to be formulaic and unexciting, but Danielle Pergament's 36 Hours: Florence made me really hungry, especially since she talked about free bar snacks that made my mouth water. With the strength of the euro driving prices up all over Europe, free Florentine bar snacks sound pretty good to me. My only question: What is Buontalenti gelato? I'll try to find out. In the meantime, here's where she went for the free food, great gelato, excellent pastries, and dinner.... More
