It would be easy to paint Giuliano Hazan’s success as an appendix to his mother’s career. Marcella Hazan penned the seminal Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, which Jeffrey Steingarten predicted would “become the essential Italian cookbook for an entire generation.” He was right.But it wasn’t — quite — his mother’s name that allowed Giuliano to carve out a career as a cooking instructor and cookbook author. Although this Sarasota resident has won multiple awards for both his teaching and wri
Tuscan Bread Salad or Panzanella Tuscan Tomato, Cucumber Bread Salad Right now I am into everything Tuscan, Italy because I just finished reading The Reluctant Tuscan (I will talk much more about this wonderful book in another post) and am now reading Frances Mayes Under The Tuscan Sun, another delightful book about an American buying a home in Tuscany and the effect it has on them. My wife and I honeymooned in Tuscany years ago and I forgot just how beautiful the hill towns a Se
Last night, for the first time in about three years, I went to a movie. With so many other things to do in Italy, we didn’t spend much time at the cinema. Truth be told, I’ve never been a big movie-goer anyway, so it wasn’t much of a sacrifice, especially when there were concerts in the piazzas, plays in the opulent opera house teatro , and various festas to attend year round. But, having just finished reading the book, Julie and Julia, and being interested to see how it was adapted to the scr
Good ol’ boy’ Randy Pearson can’t seem to help getting in over his head with his various businesses. His latest scheme to keep his businesses afloat goes awry when a long-standing debt becomes due to a couple of low level Italian mobsters. And the IRS wants to talk to Randy too! Randy’s forced to swing into action, but his only hope is a helping hand from his carpal-tunneled, baton-teaching wife, Charlotte; his estranged, gay twin brother, Cecil, and Tino Armani, a mysterious modern day prophet
Susan of the The Well Seasoned Cook has announced, I believe, the 14 th edition of her My Legume Love Affair event. The popular bean-centric event is now in its second year, and this month is stopping by at The Well-Seasoned Cook where it all began . Hosting her own event will be a special treat for her. For those new to the event, your choice of recipes is very broad. All courses and cuisines are welcome, as long as legumes are the dominant ingredient. For this event I chose to use Cann
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