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Easter In Italy

Deborah — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Easter in Italy is a Christian based holiday, which begins on Palm Sunday, and culminates the following week on Easter Sunday. Although all of Holy Week is important, it is Easter Sunday when the real festivities begin to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Easter week, or Holy Week is celebrated in many diverse ways across...

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Italian Easter Recipes

Deborah — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Easter is a very important holiday in Italy, and like most Italian holidays it revolves around both the church and holiday food specialties. Easter in Italy is a Christian based holiday, which begins on Palm Sunday, and culminates the following week on Easter Sunday. Easter Monday also known as Pasquetta, or Little Easter, is also...

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The Food Of Love

Deborah — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Valentine’s Day has now become a very large, commercial affair, but it still remains a special time for us to tell those we love how important they are to us. Every year, as February 14th approaches, candy, flowers, gifts, and cards are exchanged between loved ones, but where did this holiday actually originate? Quite obviously,...

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Light & Healthy Italian Cuisine

Deborah — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:35:00 +0000

Was eating healthier one of your New Year’s resolutions once again this year? If so, then consider adding more Italian meals to your diet. Although many folks today still believe Italian cuisine involves heavy dishes packed with cheese and cream based sauces, the truth is that a Mediterranean diet is a very healthy one. It...

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Italian Inspired Thanksgiving Vegetable Sides

Deborah — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Planning our Thanksgiving feast is not something I take lightly, and there really are many factors to consider when creating a holiday menu. My family are traditionalists, and they really feel that Thanksgiving wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a turkey. I tried to change things up last year and wanted to create an Umbrian menu with...

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Featured Ingredient – Winter Squash

Deborah — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000

One of my favorite winter vegetables has to be the simple squash which has a buttery, sweet flesh that can be cooked and used in an endless variety of recipes. I often roast my squash and then use the tender sweet pulp to stuff pasta, as a side dish, or stirred into soups and stews...

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How To Make Trofie Step By Step

Deborah — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000

I tasted my first plate of Trofie with Pesto Sauce many years ago when we lived in Milan and had taken a brief trip to Liguria. The basil that grows in that area is the most flavorful I’ve ever tasted, and makes a glorious pesto sauce that is delicious on many types of pasta, particularly...

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Rediscovering Dried Legumes

Deborah — Wed, 08 May 2024 11:44:00 +0000

I will be honest, I never was terribly fond of dried legumes, and apart from slow cooking the occasional bag of dried cannellini beans, or adding dried lentils to a pot of soup I often grabbed a can precooked beans to use when needed in a recipe. Yes, I admit that even I stooped to...

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