Blog Cook-a-thon Archive

Crema alla Fragola – Homemade Strawberry Cream Liqueur from Domenica Marchetti

Posted July 7, 2013 By Adri

Adri’s Great Blog Cook-a-thon #8


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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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Bocconotti Calabresi – Italian Christmas Cookies

Posted December 16, 2012 By Adri

Adri’s Great Blog Cook-a-thon #6

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My great Blog Cook-a-thon continues. Travel to Calabria for bocconotti – little mouthfuls – with Cooking with Rosetta. These “little mouthfuls’ are delicate lemon scented pastry cases with a chocolate, almond and cocoa filling warmed with cinnamon and cloves. These are addictive. Read more… »

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American Food Roots meets Italian Christmas Cookies

Posted December 10, 2012 By Adri

Adri’s Great Blog Cook-a-thon #5

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Greetings of the season to all. And to those of you who follow me on Facebook, welcome to installment #5 of my Great Blog Cook- a-thon. For the rest of you dear Readers all, who are wondering “Great Blog what?” – let me explain. I often wonder if anyone actually makes the recipes I post. I figured I could not possibly be alone in the wondering. So I thought I’d cruise my fave blogs and make some of the recipes I see. So far I’ve made Linda’s Spiced Persimmon Cake, Greg’s Potato Galette, Mette’s Parrozzo, and Paola’s Ciambella.

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Today it is Gabriella’s Calcionelli, a Christmas cookie from Italy’s Abruzzo region.

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