 October has been a busy month here at Italian Food Forever as along with Italian American Heritage month it is also National Pasta Month! Now who doesn’t love pasta? The folks at ItalianWholesaleFood have donated an amazing prize of 30 pounds of Mariella pasta including 10 lbs of Rigatoni, 10 of Penne Rigate and 10 lbs of Spaghetti. Mariella pasta is an artisan bronze die pasta, and pasta made with bronze dies are by far the best in my opinion, and my dried pasta of choice. Since the...
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I honestly believe that one must have a passion for food to tackle writing a food blog, and since I’ve had my blog Italian Food Forever online for over 11 years now, my passion must have become an obsession by now. My life revolves around food, and I’m not ashamed of it. I love fabulous food, I truly do, and when I’m not buying it, preparing it in my kitchen, or savoring the taste of it, I’m often thinking about it. We even plan our vacations around where or what... Read the whole entry »
As our season here in Umbria comes to an end, the one activity we look forward to is our olive harvest. Harvesting and pressing your very own olives and turning it into extra virgin olive oil is extremely rewarding, and the nectar we are gifted is unbelievably delicious. If you can, visit an Italian specialty store, olive oil store, or even look online and buy even a small bottle of this year’s olive oil to try. This year’s olive harvest has just begun, and will continue through... Read the whole entry »
Umbria is a landlocked region, and because of that, meat, particularly pork, beef, and lamb, are extremely popular. Umbrians also eat a lot of game, including wild boar, pigeons, pheasant, rabbit and hare. I have to admit, that I have never been one to get very adventurous with game, and the few times I tried wild boar, known as cinghiale, in a restaurant I was not terribly impressed. It has been hunting season here in Umbria this past month, cinghiale season in fact, and every weekend we see... Read the whole entry »
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