All Blog Posts Tagged 'Italy' (31)

An Italian Polenta Feast

You know it's fall when you smell polenta in Piobbico! 
The Annual Polenta Feast (sagra) in Piobbico has become a rite of autumn - the first weekend of September we gather…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on September 23, 2012 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Gourmet 3-Night Holiday, Autumn in Italy {Mushroom Hunting & Cooking Class}

 Crisp cool nights with the fireplace ablaze in a 300 year old stone farmhouse, trees colored red & burnt orange, fresh pressed olive oil & hearty vegetables from the…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on September 20, 2012 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Oh How I've Missed Corn on the Cob...The Trials & Tribulations of Eating Corn in Italy

It's been five years since I've eaten an ear of corn....

Corn on the cob is generally not eaten in Italy, at least not in our area. Corn is strictly considered food for pigs unless…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on August 21, 2012 at 4:39pm — 1 Comment

Video Recipe: Lunch {Pranzo} in 90 Seconds

In our first attempt at 'film making' with our Nikon we thought we'd start simple: lunch.
Here's our 90 second recipe of a simple farmer's lunch of fresh picked tomatoes, aged sheep's milk cheese & olive oil on good crusty bread filmed in the kitchen of our farmhouse in Le Marche, Italy. As Jason prepared our pranzo, I shot this rough video & we edited as we ate.  …
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on August 11, 2012 at 3:56pm — No Comments

Italian Butchery and Sausage Making Course with Mushroom Hunting & Wine Tour, 25-30 October 2012

Italian Butchery and Sausage Making Course with Mushroom Hunting & Wine Tour, 25-30 October 2012…

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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on August 1, 2012 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The Beautiful Borlotti - Speckled Cranberry Beans with 5 Recipes

 Borlotti, Speckled, Cranberry, Saluggia or even French Horticultural - the name matters not, it's the tell-tale color & creamy savory flavor.…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on July 16, 2012 at 7:07am — No Comments

Simple Summer Pasta Sauce: Raw Tomato with Lemon Infused Olive Oil

  In the height of tomato season try this light and refreshing summer pasta sauce of raw uncooked tomatoes with lemon infused olive oil tossed over fresh pasta. The lemon compliments the tomatoes creating a…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on July 13, 2012 at 2:49pm — No Comments

Drool-Worthy Menus, Recipes & Photos from Spring Cooking Classes in Le Marche

We've been busy at our farmhouse this spring cooking up a storm!
 Here are a few menus,…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on June 3, 2012 at 9:22am — No Comments

Sausage Making 101: Cooking in Italy

 Have you ever wondered what is in the sausages your eating & how they are made? Many times I get the response - "I don't want to know what's in it." Well at La Tavola Marche it's really very simple…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on May 29, 2012 at 9:30am — No Comments

Creating Balanced Flavors: Stuffed Lemons in the Oven

Stuffed lemons with tomatoes, anchovies, basil & mozzarella is a delicious antipasto and perfect example of balancing flavors. We first tried this mouthwatering two-bite bit of heaven on the Amalfi Coast and have been recreating it…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on May 23, 2012 at 10:20am — No Comments

Cooking in Italy: Special Offer this June

Stay at …

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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on May 19, 2012 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Slow Food: Heirloom & Nearly Extinct, the Flavorful Italian Solfino Bean Grows Again

This spring we will plant an antique…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on March 9, 2012 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Lick My Spoon Foodie Photos with Pasta with Zucchini Blossom Recipe

The super talented, refreshingly tongue-in-cheek food blogger Stephanie Hua from Lick My Spoon visited our farm,…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on March 7, 2012 at 4:24pm — No Comments

Unearthing A Culinary Rariety: Cheese from a Pit with Vittorio Beltrami, Le Marche

 The Italian Einstein of cheese, Vittorio Beltrami, recognized as one of the best, most well-respected & charismatic cheese makers from the Marche region graciously invited us to a special event, centuries old, at the Beltrami oil mill in…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on January 23, 2012 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Learn to Cook with Spring's Wild Edibles in Italy

Foraging for wild radicchio under the Castle of the Sheep…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on January 18, 2012 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Cooking with Mushrooms & Truffles in the Italian Countryside, Fall Menu

What better way to spend a autumn afternoon but foraging for wild mushrooms in the woods, returning to a warm kitchen, cooking local recipes with a glass of Montepulciano and sharing a meal at the end of the day.  During a recent cooking class at the slow-food inspired La Tavola Marche, students hunted for mushrooms, topped their plates with truffles & made pasta from scratch all in a half-day hands-on cooking class in Le Marche,…

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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on November 15, 2011 at 10:44am — No Comments

Truffles on a Budget: Festivals Full of Free Truffles in Italy

At $8,000 a Kilo for white truffles, it's cheaper to fly to Italy than have a truffle dinner in America.
Currently the price of white…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on September 21, 2011 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Mouthwatering Slow Roasted Tomato Soup: Pappa al Pomodoro

 
Make your house smell outright divine with this Tuscan-based slow roasted tomato bread soup, Pappa al Pomodoro. Locally grown tomatoes, in-season, peasant cooking (using stale bread)- a perfect example of Slow Food. Our tomato plants are thriving in this long warm, Indian summer in…
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Added by La Tavola Marche ~eat drink Itay on September 14, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

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