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The flavours of autumn - Pizza with pork cheek, vine tomatoes and basil

by ITALY | Thu, 09/10/2009 - 03:51

Images courtesy of Salvatore di MeoPizza con guanciale di maiale, pomodoro del pendolo e basilicoTo live and work in a small village in the countryside which…

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Ricotta Foam - Spuma di Ricotta

by Germaine Stafford | Fri, 09/04/2009 - 04:35

Pictures by Alfredo Fabbricatore Situated in a small piazza in Nocera Superiore a few steps from the Sanctuary of Materdomini, the restaurant Terra Santa, just…

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Home-made tomato sauce with basil

by ITALY | Thu, 08/27/2009 - 05:06

Pictures by John Heseltine Bruna’s cantina or store-cupboard contains jar upon jar of her luscious red tomato sauce. It is a staple ingredient used almost…

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How to make gnocchi

by Michelle Fabio | Wed, 08/26/2009 - 10:10

Words by Michelle Fabio - Pictures by Paoletta S. One of the best culinary skills I learned from my Italian-American grandmother was how to make gnocchi.…

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Italian summer dessert: Torta alla Frutta

by Mary Contini | Fri, 08/07/2009 - 09:46

Pictures by Paul WattAn ice-cold tea nicely compliments this Fruit cake.Ingredients(serves four to six people)For the pastry100g soft butter; 50 g caster sugar…

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Fillet of John Dory with pink grapefruit

by Germaine Stafford | Fri, 07/31/2009 - 06:43

Filetto di San Pietro al Pompelmo RosaVenice exerts a peculiar kind of charm over its visitors, bewitching and teasing them, but revealing strangely little of…

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Baked peppers

by Germaine Stafford | Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:32

PeperonataSummer in an Italian farmhouse kitchen means vegetables, and lots of them. After the fave, green beans and peas of the spring, arrive the intense…

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Camone tomatoes salad with fresh pecorino cheese

by Paul Watt | Fri, 07/17/2009 - 10:29

Insalata di pomodori camone con pecorino fresco Camone tomatoes are a new variety developed recently in Sardinia speciﬁcally for raw eating. Small, round…

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Cuttle fish with scallops and lime

by Valentina Harris | Fri, 07/10/2009 - 10:12

Pasta nera con le capesante e il limeI am not very fond of coloured pasta, although I do think the green and the black can look very dramatic and actually do…

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Raspberry semifreddo

by Valentina Harris | Fri, 07/03/2009 - 09:32

Pictures by Cassell illustratedSemifreddo di lamponi“There a small corner of Tuscany which will always feel like home to me. It lies along the coast between…