Food, Travel, and Cooking!
New crop cauliflower season has arrived this summer! And General Tso’s has become part of our summer repertoire. I usually marinate some chicken or pork to cook on the bbq. to have with the cauliflower…with or without steamed rice. Get your chopsticks ready! Summer is one of the few times we deep fry things. But […]
I was inspired to create this pasta after tasting my husband’s lunch at Trattoria Da Leo in Lucca, Italy. It’s not exactly the same but it’s still damned good. I like to use cauliflower when it’s in season because I think it’s sweeter, but this can be made anytime and it will still be a […]
If you have never tried fresh, locally grown cauliflower, you are in for a treat! It’s so sweet, crunchy and delicious. There are so many wonderful ways to use this veggie, from a pasta sauce to mac ‘n cheese, or in this case as part of an antipasto plate along with some olives, roasted peppers […]
No doubt about it, my husband and I have Italian souls and I think that it was always lurking there just waiting to burst forth! The beginning of our first return visit to Italy took us to just outside Lucca, arriving in Pisa from Rome in a small, propeller airplane! Oh my God, I am […]