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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'The Saucier's Apprentice'
My most embarrassing moment was making a roast chicken for my then husband's best friend, who was visiting with his brand new wife. The table was set, we were eating in the living room in front of the fire, and the friend pulls up on his fork, the 'diaper' that comes with the chicken to absorb juices! I was very embarrassed and apologetic, for this wasn't the first time I had goofed with this person. A few years earlier I had made a simple meal of baked kidney beans and for some reason he took one bite and ran to the bathroom. Apparently I had put too much salt in the pot and sickened my friend. I haven't heard from him since. Michael, I do apologize!
Snapshots from Italy: Seeing Red at the Market
Gina,
Just wondering about the food prices in Rome. It looks like a kilo (2.2 lbs.) of beets are 4.00euros, a similar price for a punnet of tomatoes and an unknown price for strawberries. Have you noticed a price increase since arriving in Italy on food stuffs? Flour? Cooking Oil?
Hope you can comment.
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We've been eating nettles for many weeks now. Some basic dishes have been fresh nettle ravioli stuffed with potato, shallot and nettle. Into the frittata, a nettle pesto dolloped on steamed new potatoes. Of course the leek, potato and nettle soup. Lentils and nettles. Daily nettle tea. Cardboard boxes of the stuff put away in the attic to dry, for future tea sips. A stuffing of nettles, anchovies, pine nuts and currants inside a boneless leg of lamb. Pizza topping. Next up is the pesto atop focaccia. And the best thing? Nettles are free!