I'm In Better Homes & Gardens Ultimate Italian 2012! and more...

In This Issue... I’m In Better Homes & Gardens Ultimate Italian 2012! Italian Chopped Salad Blackberry Snack Cake Umbrian Truffles & Trattoria Da Baffone Search Italian Food Forever I’m In Better Homes & Gardens Ultimate Italian 2012! I have been online sharing my Italian recipes for over 11 years now and I love getting feedback from my blog visitors. Although some day my goal is to write a cookbook about traditional Umbrian country cuisine, I love what I do and because of that, I keep plugging away each week working on new recipes to post here at Italian Food Forever not expecting any fame or glory. Earlier this year however, I was contacted by an editor for Better Homes & Gardens magazine who asked if I’d be... Read the whole entry » • Email to a friend • Article Search •   Italian Chopped Salad We have experienced our warmest summer yet in Umbria this year and when the temperatures are reaching 100 degrees or more it is difficult to get motivated to turn on the oven, or even cook much of anything. I’ve made this salad a couple of times this summer for dinner on a few of those extra warm days but never got around to posting the recipe until now. This salad is easily a complete meal in a bowl as the chickpeas, cheese, and salami add protein, while the vegetables add lots of... Read the whole entry » • Email to a friend • Article Search •   Blackberry Snack Cake Every August I head down into the valley behind our property here in Umbria to check out the wild blackberries which grown all along the road. Depending on weather conditions, some years they may ripen earlier than others, but they are delicious when fully ripe, and I always pick a couple of bowls full each year to use in my kitchen. This week the blackberries have finally ripened and despite the heat I went foraging for my berries a few days ago, and came home with a big bag full. Wild... Read the whole entry » • Email to a friend • Article Search •   Umbrian Truffles & Trattoria Da Baffone If I was going to describe the cuisine of Umbria to anyone I would probably mention pork, olive oil, and truffles within the first sentence, as all are particularly important ingredients used in many Umbrian dishes. Truffles, also known as tartufo, are harvested in the wild from the forests of Umbria which apparently has the right conditions for growing this very popular fungus. Black truffles are much more common in Umbria than white truffles and therefore are also much less expensive. It is... Read the whole entry » • Email to a friend • Article Search •

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Simply Recipes Here is the Simply Recipes update for djuwettoo.fish@blogger.com There is 1 new post in "Simply Recipes" Pasta with Sausage, Tomatoes and Roasted Peppers One of the great things about having a food blog is that it gives me an excellent excuse to ask people about what they like to cook. The discussion of food is a natural conversation starter, with old friends I haven't seen for a while, or even with complete strangers. "What are your favorite foods?" will always get a response, and from there, I can usually figure out if the person likes to cook as well. Then the next question is, "what's your favorite recipe?" Take my friend Bruce. Bruce loves to cook, has for as long as I've known him, over 20 years. He even contributed this winner to the site last year - the green salsa chicken bake. When he was visiting the other day, our chatter naturally turned to recipes. This is the one he shared with me that he makes with regularity: a bowl of pasta, simply tossed with Italian sausage, fresh chopped tomato, and basil. Sometimes he swaps out the sausage for shrimp. He'll use any long pasta, though prefers fettucini. So good! And it comes together so quickly. Perfect for a midweek meal. Continue reading "Pasta with Sausage, Tomatoes and Roasted Peppers" »

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Simply Recipes Here is the Simply Recipes update for djuwettoo.fish@blogger.com There is 1 new post in "Simply Recipes" Tomatoes on Toast Every year we get a little bit better at growing tomatoes. The first couple of seasons I tried gardening, the yield was pretty pathetic. Over the years I've learned that you need to have plenty of sun, deep watering but not too much watering, soil prepped with compost, and a good covering of mulch. I've even taken to crumbling up egg shells and placing them at the base of the plants to help the soil with calcium, which can ward off blossom end rot. This year we finally figured out that we need resistant hybrids, tomatoes that can fight against the verticillium wilt that is endemic to our soil. So into the ground went the Celebrity variety, resistant to just about everything, and I'm happy to report that we have a bumper crop of excellent tasting tomatoes. So much so that we are a little overloaded at the moment. What to do when you have a bounty of garden tomatoes? Continue reading "Tomatoes on Toast" »

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