Amy Gulick
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Amy, a California native who called Tuscany home for 20+ years, writes about Italian feast day traditions, food folklore, and food-related trends and issues in Italian society. She has also translated several Italian cookbooks and works as an English and Writing professor.
Recipes by Amy Gulick
Thu, 07/30/2015 - 06:56
It’s hard to believe that the cutely-named primo known as gnudi—gnudi is Tuscan dialect for nudi, or nude/naked—were once the purview of home cooks…
Tue, 07/07/2015 - 12:23
With so many Italian specialty products, speculation, anecdote, and long-held rivalries tend to supplant hard facts. The lemon liquor limoncello is…
Wed, 06/24/2015 - 06:20
One of the fascinating features of the cucina povera is its imaginative naming of dishes. Alla contadina (‘in the peasant style’), sugo finto (‘fake…
Thu, 06/11/2015 - 09:16
By: Amy Gulick
Grilled and fried cheese dishes figure prominently in Southern Italian cuisine, often taking the place of meat at the table, served…
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 09:20
by Amy Gulick, The Bittersweet Gourmet. Ph. credit (www.deliciousasitlooks.com)
I won’t say this version exceeds saltimbocca alla romana—the classic…
Fri, 04/24/2015 - 14:50
by Amy Gulick, The Bittersweet Gourmet
The cucina povera has been described as the art of cooking combined with the art of getting along (or l’arte d…
Fri, 04/17/2015 - 06:05
by Amy Gulick, from The Bittersweet Gourmet
Perhaps no other vegetable heralds the arrival of spring in Italy so much as the fava bean. Though not…
Wed, 04/08/2015 - 07:15
It’s hard to talk about agretti with precision. What are they, exactly? A marsh grass? A shrub with edible leaves? A succulent? In some parts of the…
Wed, 10/08/2014 - 09:10
by Amy Gulick, The Bittersweet Gourmet
Some family recipes come to be cherished not only for their flavor, but for their almost magical ability to…
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