and if i wanted to sleep with you, it’d be ’torcetti con salsa di noci e funghi’.  but being that we’re all platonic here, i thought i’d keep it to the english since i hit you so hard in my last post with my γαλακτομπούρεκο. 
i’m forever browsing blogs, looking for inspiration - and this dish caught my eye […]

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this pasta is everything that is wonderful about italian cooking.  a short ingredient list with a big result - and all in about 15 minutes, including the 2 or 3 that it takes to boil the fresh pasta.  of course, being that i am now an ace pasta maker, i am forcing the stuff down the throat […]

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ok - it wasn’t a panini.  nor was it teeny weeny.  but it should’ve been all of that.  and next time it will be.  with zucchini.  made while wearing a bikini.  yeah, like THAT would ever happen.
but i did have half of a whole grain baguette in my freezer which worked perfectly.  so after being […]

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in keeping with my ‘eating down the house‘ challenge, the only ingredient that i needed for last night’s dinner was some cream, something that i rarely if ever buy or cook with - if only out of a healthy dose of fear.  but i had perused my freezer, fridge and pantry and had a pretty solid idea of what direction i’d be heading.  i reached […]

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