Recent Blog Posts from Elizabeth in Rome Elizabeth Minchilli for 09/15/2018
Recent Blog Posts from Elizabeth
Excerpts:
eggplant + tomatoes
I don’t cook eggplants as often as I should. I think I was traumatized by eggplants earlier in my cooking life. Whenever a recipe called for them, they just seemed like too much trouble. Salting them first which didn’t seem to make much sense because I never quite understood what happened to all that salt....
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Trattoria Da Piero e Silvana {Umbria}
Sometimes the place where you live is the place you know the least. I wouldn’t say that Umbria, where we have had a home for almost 30 years, remains unknown to me. In fact, in at least 4 of my 8 books Umbria plays a starring role. But like most people I tend, after a...
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swiss chard + chickpeas
One of my favorite sources of recipes is taking to people at markets. The people there are either shopping for the next meal (and so thinking of cooking) or else selling ingredients (and so thinking of cooking). In a country that is obsessed with their next meal, the markets of Italy are the epicenters for...
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granarium
From my house in Umbria I’ve been able to see the changes in farming first hand. One by one the fields have become fallow as my older neighbors pass away and the new generation either lacks the skills or will to farm, or just sells the entire farm. That said, there are still farms that...
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