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Gina DePalma and Copulettas – Half-moon pastries from Sardinia

Posted October 6, 2015 By Adri


Copulettas - Half-moon pastries from Sardinia


Greetings to all. It’s been months since you have heard from me. Life and my home remodel have conspired to keep me out of the kitchen and away from my computer. This post, however is not about me. It is about Gina DePalma. Gina, for those of you unfamiliar with her, is one of the stars of the Italian pastry world. She was the pastry chef at Babbo and Enoteca restaurants in New York for many years, and she is the author of numerous articles and Dolce Italiano, one of my favorite collections of Italian desserts. Read more… »

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Negroni Float – Barman meets Soda Jerk

Posted March 29, 2014 By Adri

Blood Orange-Campari Sorbetto in a Negroni splashed with Prosecco


Negroni Float

The bitters are excellent for your liver, the gin is bad for you. They balance each other.

– Orson Welles on the Negroni



The Negroni (nay-GROW-nee) is perhaps the quintessential aperitivo – one part gin, one part sweet vermouth, one part Campari, all of it over ice, with an orange round. Classic cocktail lore tells us the Negroni is a direct descendant of the Milano-Torino, a drink now known as the Americano. It happened like this: in 1919 at Florence’s Caffe Casoni Count Camillo Negroni asked barman Fosco Scarselli to add a bit of fortification, un ‘po piu robusto, to his Milano-Torino. Sig. Scarselli acquiesced to his patron’s wish, adding gin in place of seltzer. The deed done, Sig. Scarselli realized the two drinks looked quite alike. With a barman’s panache he substituted an orange garnish for the Milano-Torino’s lemon… Read more… »

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Crema alla Fragola – Homemade Strawberry Cream Liqueur from Domenica Marchetti

Posted July 7, 2013 By Adri

Adri’s Great Blog Cook-a-thon #8


Strawberries in Basket


Got strawberries? Got a lot of strawberries? Domenica Marchetti has the answer. Make Crema alla Fragola, Strawberry Cream Liqueur. Welcome back to my Blog Cook-a-thon. I know. You thought I was done with it. It has been a while. Apologies, but the project got away from me.

A couple of months ago cookbook author and food writer Domenica Marchetti posted a photo of a Strawberry Milkshake on Facebook. Remarkably, I had never tasted a Strawberry Milkshake, but I figured that since berry season would soon be upon us it wouldn’t be long before I could try one. Patience after all, is a virtue. In short order Domenica followed her milkshake shot with one of Crema alla Fragola. While I could surely be patient and wait for the milkshake, there was no waiting to start the strawberry liqueur. After all, it needed to infuse for three days. I would not ask Job to wait to get started on that one. Read more… »

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Foolproof Frazzled Mamma Cheesecake or The Pope Made Me Do It

Posted April 19, 2013 By Adri

A Culinary Comedy of Errors and Experimentation
Adri’s Great Blog Cook-a-thon #7


Cream Cheese


This is the story of three women, eleven pounds of cream cheese and two Popes.


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It started innocently enough when I read a post by Trisha Thomas, AKA Mozzarella Mamma. “Dear Blog Readers — I’m seeing RED. I’ve become obsessed with Cardinals. I am constantly contemplating Cardinals.” It was mid-February 2013, and Trisha, an APTN reporter in Rome was covering the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI and the Conclave that would elect his successor. That’s where the two Popes come in.


The third woman is Linda Prospero, author of the Italian food site Ciao Chow Linda. She too reads Mozzarella Mamma. There we were, connected online by a mutual love of Italian culture and food and an interest in i papabili (men likely to be elected Pope.)

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Fettuccine alla papalina -The Pope’s Fettuccine

Posted March 16, 2013 By Adri

Mit brennender Sorge


The Pope's Fettuccine


History is a living thing, and whether ancient or recent, it is an exciting thing. Consider the Catholic Church, from tales of intrigue and blackmail, to Vatileaks, the sexual abuse scandal, and all the way to the Vatican Bank, it has some of the most exciting history of all. Even now she makes history as her princes have joined in conclave and elected a new Supreme Pontiff. Read more… »

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The Mayan Calendar, Corzetti and The End of Time

Posted December 20, 2012 By Adri

Apocalypse Soon?

 

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According to the Mayan Calendar,
the world will end December 21, 2012.
The corzetti beg to disagree.

 
For more on corzetti, Liguria’s unique coin shaped pasta, click here.
 
I have no affiliation with any product, manufacturer, or site mentioned in this article.

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