by Lucy Gordan | Mar 3, 2024 | Food, Food blog
From the ancient Romans we’ve inherited the basis for modern civil law and city planning, a standard coinage, a system of weights and measures, plumbing, aqueducts, bridges, …and delicious food, represented best by pasta especially spaghetti alla carbonara or cacio...
by Lucy Gordan | Jun 12, 2023 | Food, Food blog
On January 27, 2007 the genial and indefatigable Piemontese entrepreneur Oscar Farinetti opened his first mega food store of exclusively Italian food products, Eataly, in Torino; now they are in 46 locations in 15 countries with several more in the planning stages. In...
by Lucy Gordan | Nov 27, 2022 | Food, Food blog
When and where was torrone first created? No one knows for certain. Some connoisseurs say Persia; others Arabia; and still others China. A clue lies in its list of ingredients, which is short and sweet: almonds, honey, sugar, and egg white, although other nuts...
by Lucy Gordan | Sep 11, 2022 | Food, Food blog
THE HISTORY OF PUMPKIN PIE Pumpkin pie, an international symbol of harvest time, is a favorite dessert, especially in the United States and Canada, but also in Northern Italy, between Halloween and Christmas. Its custardy filling flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon,...
by Lucy Gordan | Aug 18, 2022 | Food, Food blog
The International Slowfood Movement was founded in 1986 by Carlo Petrini, political activist, journalist, author, and publisher, as a protest against the newly-opened McDonald’s near Rome’s elegant Piazza di Spagna, the first fastfood restaurant in Italy. Today the...
by Lucy Gordan | Jun 3, 2022 | Food, Food blog
Born in Chioggia in 1956, the second of chef/hotelier Bruno Boscolo’s five sons, Rossano is a chef, pastry chef, hotelier, professor, and collector of kitchenware and cookbooks, as well as the founder/owner of “Garum”: The Library/Museum of Food, inaugurated on May...
by Lucy Gordan | Mar 13, 2022 | Food, Food blog
“Baci” Perugina chocolates, a genuine Made-In-Italy icon, are celebrating their 100th birthday this year. “Baci” means “kisses” and their birth and history is the product of a secret love story between their creator Luisa Spagnoli and businessman and politician...
by Lucy Gordan | Jan 24, 2022 | Food, Food blog
During the past five years The Sophia Institute Press has published three cookbooks, The Vatican Cookbook (2016, $34.95), Cooking with the Saints (April 2019, $34.95), and The Vatican Christmas Cookbook (September, 2020, $34.95). I’ve reviewed all three for...
by Susanna Gaertner | Nov 13, 2021 | Food, Food blog
Recipes in this arena abound but you won’t find one that substitutes parsnip purée for half the ricotta! This ups the fiber while lending the cheese sauce a nutty heartiness.The parsnips will need to be cooked and mashed; adding fennel and caraway seeds to the...
by Noreen Kompanik | Oct 23, 2021 | Food, Food blog
Breckenridge…that amazingly picturesque Rocky Mountain Colorado ski hamlet that’s become known for so much more than just its winter sports.Art and nature blend in perfect harmony in this four-season destination. The outdoor lover’s nirvana is ideal for hiking,...
by Lucy Gordan | Sep 17, 2021 | Food, Food blog
I first interviewed you in September 2010 at your bakery in Tramonti during the cultural festival “Scala Meets New York”. It’s still organized every September in the nearby town of Scala by native-son Padre Enzo Fortunato, a prolific author and the Press...
by Lucy Gordan | Jun 5, 2021 | Food, Food blog
In the late spring little pots of the culinary herb basil (basilico in Italian) go on sale at flower stands and market stalls all over Italy. Placed on terraces and balconies chefs and housewives add hand-picked leaves to their summer dishes for color, fragrance, and...
