June 20, 2023
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What’s for dinner? The age old question. I’m staring in the fridge to see what I’ve got to work with and I see a tub of Costco crimini (chestnut) mushrooms. Mushroom risotto is always an option (a favorite of May … Continue reading
February 4, 2023
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When I buy seafood I almost always buy fresh the day I plan to eat it or at most, the day before consumption. And that includes shrimp, although in reality unless you are lucky enough to live on the doorstep … Continue reading
May 11, 2020
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Mary Ann Esposito is an American cook, teacher, author and TV personality based in New Hampshire, north of Boston. (I know, I know. Boston is in Massachusetts. This is just by way of a geographical point of reference). Mary Ann … Continue reading
April 22, 2020
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I first ate Spaghetti Carbonara back the 1970s at an Italian restaurant called Casa Nostra (not to be confused with Cosa Nostra!) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was fresh off the farm in those days still with straw in … Continue reading
March 31, 2020
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I enjoy making traditional Italian pasta but it is a process that can be off putting to some. For home cooks who don’t have an Italian Nona to teach them how to roll out pasta dough by hand, you need … Continue reading
October 5, 2014
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The city of Bologna in the region of Emilia-Romagnia in the north, central part of the Italy is passionate about it’s pasta. It is the home of the Tortellini. (Legend has it that in the days when gods roamed the … Continue reading