Venezia: My Final Day Trip
Despite the unseasonably warm weather, the radiator in my apartment had remained on all night long. The blankets that I had, in my feverish state, piled on myself the afternoon…
Venezia: A Day of Cicchetti
Whenever I traveled to Friuli, I could never bear to leave without visiting the neighboring Veneto region and my favorite city in the world: Venezia. My five-week-long trip of summer…
Baccalà Mantecato
My recipe for Baccalà Mantecato has been featured at bbaudiology.com as a "healthy hearing recipe." The original version, Baccalà in Bianco, was published in my cookbook Flavors of Friuli: A…
Venezia: Cantine del Vino già Schiavi
Somehow or other, I always seemed to wind up in Italy during Carnevale season. The first time was coincidental, when I went to Friuli to visit the Ledragomma GymnastikBall factory.…
Fave dei Morti
My recipe for Fave dei Morti (Almond Cookies), as excerpted from Flavors of Friuli: A Culinary Journey through Northeastern Italy, is featured today at chicgalleria.com. Translated literally as “beans of…
Baccalà alla Vicentina
My recipe for Baccalà (salt cod stew), as excerpted from Flavors of Friuli: A Culinary Journey through Northeastern Italy, is featured this week at chicgalleria.com.
Sarde in Saor (Venetian-Style Marinated Sardines)
My recipe for Sarde in Saor ("sardoni in savor" in Triestine dialect), as excerpted from Flavors of Friuli: A Culinary Journey through Northeastern Italy, is featured today as a Super…