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Plan Your Italian Garden!

Posted February 11, 2014 By Adri

Homegrown is alright with me.


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It’s never too early to plan a garden, and these days, with all the info on the Internet and all the mail order catalogs there is plenty to sift through. In just a few weeks it will be time to actually plant. Now is the time to do a little research.

Sure, if you are not in Italy, then you do not have the exact microclimate to grow a particular Italian vegetable or fruit. You do not have Italy’s indigenous soil either. But I am not going to quibble, and I am not going to let the purists stop me from growing my own, and neither should you. What greater joy is there than to walk into the garden with an empty trug and return to the kitchen, the trug brimming with fruits and vegetables grown with one’s own two hands, one’s own sweat and toil.

Don’t miss the thrill of seeing the tiny sprouting plants lift the dark, rich soil. Read more… »

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Wordless Wednesday – A Study in Scarlet

Posted August 15, 2012 By Adri


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Wordless Wednesday – Purple Days

Posted August 8, 2012 By Adri


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Funghi e Zucchini Trifolati

Posted May 30, 2012 By Adri

Mushrooms and Zucchini with Nepitella and Italian Parsley

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I love growing herbs and vegetables, and my garden offers quite a wonderful bounty. It must be in my DNA. As a youth in Abruzzo, my grandfather, Gaetano Crocetti was a farm laborer. We Crocettis’ have been at this for a very long time.

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If you read my post on Nepitella and are still wondering how to use it, try this take on the classic vegetable dish, Funghi trifolati. “Trifolati” is a style of preparation in which vegetables are sliced very thinly, as one would slice truffles. Often mushrooms, particularly porcini, are prepared in this fashion. In the classic method, the vegetables are sauteed in olive oil and garlic and tossed at the end of their cooking time with chopped parsley. I have upped the ante with earthy Nepitella, a natural match for mushrooms. Read more… »

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