Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Your Italian dessert requests have been great, everyone! Feel free to keep them coming—I’m still cooking/baking from the list until next week. The first request that really got me thinking was gelato, mostly because I had *no* idea how to make it. I also don’t have an ice cream maker, and have no intenions of […]
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Friday, December 10, 2010
You may have noticed that December has been an Italian dessert extravaganza on Pomato Revival so far. I’m dedicating the month to sweets, and just in time for Christmas, I’m taking requests! Tell me in the comments here what Italian desserts you’d like to see me make. I’m up for anything—cookies, pastries, breads, cakes, […]
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
A couple of years ago Joe, Joey, Katherine, and I took a little trip to Sicily. We stayed with my mom’s sister, Zia Antonia, and our cousins Giovanna and Maria, with a whirl of cousins and cousins’ cousins zipping around us. We ate. A lot. As Katherine once put it, “Oh, we ate. At gunpoint.” […]
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Friday, December 3, 2010
It’s my birthday! To celebrate, I’m sharing my favorite birthday cake recipe with you. It’s my mom’s famous tiramisu. She’s made this for me every year since…I don’t know when. My world must have just been dark until this cake showed up. It’s truly amazing, the sort of thing you wait for all year, […]
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
I know, I’m a solid week late for a post on things I’m thankful for. But I can’t help it if I stumbled on my Thanksgiving treasure chest Sunday night. I spent most of last week at my parents’ house, cooking and yelling and snuggling with my five-month-old niece. When all was finally quiet on […]
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sicilian traditions are swell, and I’m usually all about keeping them alive. But there’s something about Thanksgiving that makes me want to go all-American. That’s the point, of course: it doesn’t matter where we’re from—on Thanksgiving, we’re celebrating this Great American Life. I’ve historically been pretty lazy and unhelpful on Thanksgiving. The most I’d […]
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Friday, November 19, 2010
One day, years ago, my mom was eating a persimmon. It may have been from my grandfather’s garden in Brooklyn; it may have been from a store—I’m not sure. Nonetheless, there was something about this persimmon that she didn’t want to let go. So she took a seed, and without much strategizing, plopped it in […]
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
I went on a baby shower baking blitz this weekend to honor a little lady we’ll be meeting in 2011. She’ll be the first baby born among our friends, and considering her mamma and I spend most days together, I’m especially excited to meet her. We planned for the requisite brunch indulgences: cupcakes, bagels, cookies, […]
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
I baked something for you. I think you’re going to like it. It’s sort of a cake, sort of a pudding, with more butter than I’d ever admit to using in one small dish. The first time I made this, Joe and I had recently moved to our new apartment. We were finally getting […]
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
I’m going to let you in on a family secret. It involves jars and eggplants and peppers. Sometimes green tomatoes, but not today. Lots of vinegar and salt. Garlic, garlic, garlic. And some other stuff. Sounds innocent enough, right? But these simple ingredients, when combined, create our family’s secret culinary weapon: Pickled eggplants and […]
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Dad’s Sour Cream Cake
The Feast of Eleven Joes–Saint Joseph’s Day Zeppole (Sfinge di San Giuseppe)
Biscuits with Strangers
Reinvented Hostess Cupcakes, for the Boy Who Eats Gas Station Pie
A Salted Caramel Chocolate Gelato Emergency
