Category: italy
My “fluffy” Tiramisu’ – espresso trifle
| March 18, 2013 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, Italian, italy |
Happy Monday everyone (so fun to be writing from my cell phone again..). This weekend i helped celebrate a friend’s 40th surprise birthday. I was asked to make dessert…something for an Italian themed menu. I knew i had to make Tiramisu’ (the famous Italian coffee, ladyfinger and Mascarpone trifle)…it is always a party hit. Not… more
3 little ancient sweet “dolci” for the holidays
| December 21, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under christmas, dessert, holidays, Italia, Italian, italy |
Under my tree, this year, all I am asking is for “time”. Time to spend with my little guys, and my big guy. There is nothing more precious. I need no-thing, no boxes, no parcels, no wrappings, and no big accomplishements. Just good old fashioned time. And old family traditions, sweets included. I have been… more
Torta fredda allo yogurt (cold yogurt cake)
| July 17, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under blackberries, dessert, Italian, italy, summer |
Have you noticed how HOT it is? Will we finally acknowledge that global warming is an actual fact rather than a theory? Who has the desire to go in the kitchen and turn on the oven? Not me! Does that mean I have to give up dessert? Not quite. I was reminded of no-bake desserts… more
A lighter caponata (“al forno”: roasted)
| June 22, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under appetizers, Italian, italy, summer, vegetables, vegetarian |
Summer is here. I like to eat more vegetables and stay lighter. I am sure many of you feel the same way… It’s a time to lighten our burdens, be they physical, mental, geographic (via travel), or dietary. Growing up in Italy, lunches in the summer were often a “panino” or a salad (ripe tomatoes… more
Rebirth (and an Easter salame-egg-pepper bread: “Casatiello”)
| April 5, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under breads, easter, eggs, holidays, Italia, Italian, italy |
Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, “Christ is risen,” but “I shall rise.” ~Phillips Brooks Easter is a very special time for us Christians and it is one of the most hopeful times. This year I am especially… more
Simplicity – and a bowl of “fave e cicoria” (dried fava beans and bitter greens)
| March 31, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under beans, Italia, Italian, italy, vegetables, vegetarian |
There comes a point in your life in which you need to pause and look at the road map that is in front of you. You mark your mileage and look in the rear mirror to the road you have driven so far. And it’s long, and windy, and beautiful, and full of bumps. It’s… more
Il ragù della domenica (Sunday slow cooked meat & tomato sauce)
| March 18, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under Italian, italy, sauces, tomato, tomatoes |
“It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you.” ~ Nigel Slater I just finished reading “Toast” by Nigel Slater. I am wiping off my tears from the last page, as I sit in my kitchen, chopping onions and carrots to make Sunday ragu’… unsure if the tears are from the onions… more
Sicilian spiced fig-nut cookies (cuccidati or buccellati)
| December 11, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under christmas, cookies, holidays, Italia, Italian, italy |
I don’t have relatives in Sicily, but I think I have a little Sicilian blood in me…somewhere, because I love that island and its cultural influences. I keep gravitating to it. Visiting Sicily is one of my favorite summer things to do. That land has been the crossroads of so many different cultures for centuries,… more
Pesce-spada (swordfish) two ways
| August 24, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under fish, Italia, italy, summer, Uncategorized |
[Service announcement: If you’re a food blogger or writer, you are aware of the sadness this month with the sudden passing of Jennifer Perillo’s husband. Bloggers Without Borders is working to make sure that Jennifer and her girls (ages 3 and '8) will have some financial security and have created a fund for them. You… more
What I brought back from Italy: food & recipes, photos, memories and more
| August 5, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under Italia, Italian, italy, summer, travel |
“All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” ~Paul Fussell You might have noticed that I have been… more
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