Tag: italy
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Italian Plum Tart (Crostata alla Confettura di Prugne) & Finding Treasures
This is a classic southern Italian dessert, though my favorite time to eat this is in the morning. I especially like the crisp pastry and the tart plum when we’re down to the last few slices and the very last one is a bit stale, and thus crunchy and I can peck at the crumbs… Read more
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Cheese & One Reason I Miss Italy
This is just the cheese platter I would serve each day at lunch… Did I mention that in the (lost) green bag was an entire wheel of cheese? Read more
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Stone Fruit Crumble with Shortbread Topping & The Perfect Chair
For my father’s birthday, he asked for a fruit dessert. This is partly because he has always loved tarte tatin and other sugared fruits but also because he knows I like to cook with what’s available. Right now, we have cherries, small green sour plums that shine bright as limes when rubbed on your shirt… Read more
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Rustic Plum Tart & Italian Morning
Tips for a quiet Sunday morning: Wake up while everyone else is still asleep (hooray for jet-lag!). Make coffee and take your mug down to the chicken coop. Stop to play with the new puppy and her friend the tame lamb who allowed to wander everywhere. Collect eggs. note their speckles, their shades of sand,… Read more
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Mint Chocolate Chip Granitas & Vacation
We leave for Italy tonight. Will I be writing and posting from there? Yes, provided the elves who control my dad’s internet access show up for work. In the meantime, we’ll have a cool dessert on the porch and hope we remembered to pack everything.. Granitas are a good treat and can be made in… Read more