Salads & Vegetables...
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Artichokes in Italian Cooking
Most encounters with artichokes only involve the hearts of the globe variety marinated in extra virgin olive oil or vegetable oil. These make for an interesting addition...
Do You Know Your Autumnal Ingredients?
Why waste time lamenting the passing of summer when there is an array of Italian dishes that are perfect for easing the soul into the autumnal...
Fennel in Italian Cooking
With its chunky bulb and armoury of stalks fennel is one of the more alarming vegetables in terms of appearance. It is probably for this reason that a great many cooks...
Fruits of the Forest: Mushroom Hunting Season
What price a basket of prized wild fungi? Well, for the biggest and the best porcini or truffles, a great deal of money. Unfortunately, this...
Guide to Italian Salad Leaves
Let the ingredients speak for themselves. It has been said more than once when discussing the merits of Italy's contribution to the culinary art but it is philosophy...
How Garlic is Used in Italian Cuisine
The Italians have devised a special role for the garlic bulb, a member of the allium family which also counts among its ranks the onion and the...
Mushrooms and Truffles in Italian Cooking
There is something about the image of mushroom hunters disappearing into the woods through the early morning mists that lends a certain mystique to...
Onions, Carrot and Celery
In any winning team there are always those that play a supporting role while others are destined to take all the glory. Onion, carrot and celery are often very much...
Spinach in Italian Cooking
Those of a certain age will recall the cartoon character Popeye the Sailorman consuming cans of spinach prior to taking on his enemies. Attributing superhuman properties...
Tomatoes and the Italian Culture
What would an Italian chef do without tomatoes? Think of those two staples of the peninsula’s repertoire pasta and pizza, and it is impossible not to envisage a...
