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The Feverish Turn to... Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe?

Last week Daughter C and Son R both came down with Swine Flu - it's spreading though Italian schools at an astonishing clip - so it was only a matter of time; Yesterday at noon I felt fine, but by 7 PM I was running a 39 C (102.5 F) fever, and the fever would be the same today were it not for the...

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About.co... Cuisine — 13 hours ago

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Almost Wordless Wednesday: Andar Per Olio

It's that time of year again, and throughout Italy people are spreading parachutes under olive trees, gathering Athena's precious gift (the olives), and taking them to the presses -- some modern, and others (like Francesco's, shown here) traditional. And yes, stores are announcing Olio Nuovo,...

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About.co... Cuisine — 4 days ago

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Aglio to Zucca: That's Garlic to Squash

I've just added photos of a garlic braid and a Neapolitan long squash to the Vegetable Gallery, a collection of photos taken at Italian outdoor vegetable markets. When I started putting it together I expected at the most to have a couple dozen pictures, but we're already up to 78 (!), and every t...

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About.co... Cuisine — 6 days ago

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An Italian Meal For the Week, and Gavi

Last week I worked on Barolo, and this week on Gavi, Piemonte's finest white wine. With whites people think primarily of cheese, eggs, and fish, and though Gavi does have the backbone necessary to work with white meats too, and also fried foods -- yes, it's versatile, and that's one of the reason...

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About.co... Cuisine — October 30

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Almost Wordless Wednesday: There's More to Seasonality Than Vegetables

Hear the word "seasonality," and you may think of fruit or vegetables: asparagus in the spring, peas and peaches in the summer, chestnuts and porcini mushrooms in the fall... Meats are seasonal too, or at least they were before modern commercial farming. In particular, Italian farmi...

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About.co... Cuisine — October 28

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Happy Halloween!

Halloween is a relatively new thing in Italy: When I moved here in 1982 nobody celebrated it and I had to explain the Halloween scene in ET to my friends. Things have changed, and now Italians are enthusiastic devotees. Not kids, however, but rather adults, who welcome the Eve as an occasion to ...

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About.co... Cuisine — October 25