I love popcorn shrimp……and with linguine, it’s a match made in Heaven! Now I added some other ingredients to make it flavorful and it turned out great! So try this delicious recipe and let me know what you think! =) Ingredients: -2 cups of frozen or fresh popcorn shrimp, no shell and cleaned -1 cup[…]
Tomato season is approaching here in Sicily, and in a few weeks I’m going to show you how to can the best tomato sauce ever! But for now, I received some organic cherry tomatoes and decided to make some tomato sauce …..what else can I do, I married an Italian! =) So here they are….aren’t[…]
My husband loves eggplant. As a matter of fact, when we were “dating” over the Internet, he once called me “la mia melanzana con pomodoro” (my eggplant with tomato). Having never been called a vegetable before, I remember telling my mother how he called me an eggplant! She just smiled and said “That’s a compliment[…]
My friend Daniela makes the BEST Torta di Mele (Italian apple cake) in existence. Really, she does! It’s super moist and just melts in your mouth. I had to beg for the recipe and promise to name my first born daughter after her….I hope she’s not reading this!!!…..but no seriously, she gave me the recipe[…]
Before moving to Italy, I’ll be honest…..I never even saw a fennel bulb! Sure, I’ve seen fennel seeds……but whole fennel bulbs by the dozens? Never. I later learned that Italians love fennel, called “finocchio” (pronounced ‘fin-noh-key-oh’). As a matter of fact, this tasty root is actually served all by itself, in raw form, AFTER[…]
If you have never heard of Limoncello (pronounced “lee-mohn-chel-loh”), it’s an Italian liquor generally served after a meal. They say it helps digest the food (….. if you eat like us here in Italy, you need any digestion help you can get, believe me!) Now, you don’t drink a lot, only about 2 TBSP in[…]
My husband, as every Italian I know, loves tomatoes. I mean he LOVES tomatoes. He even wanted me to cook fresh tomatoes over his eggs once! And I love garlic, I mean LOVE garlic….My parents used to say I would crawl to the garlic basket when I was a baby and would reach for the[…]