Sophia Loren nibbles on a pine nut (or is it a diet pill?). Recipe: Sear-Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Garlic, Served over Watercress Salad and Pignoli Vinaigrette Pignoli nuts are one of my favorite Italian foods. I love their creamy, rich taste. I love the way they look, so smooth, so mini. Since I’ve been [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Pignoli Perfect
Posted in Skinny Guinea on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hide the Cheese in the Salad
Posted in Skinny Guinea on March 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Too much cheese is never enough. Recipes: Arugula Salad with Valtellina Casera and Rosemary Apples Ragusano Crostini with String Bean and Mache Salad Why am I capable of devouring pounds of cheese after a big dinner? My idea of a cheese plate always used to be five or six huge hunks of various irresistible cheeses, [...]
My New Article in La Cucina Italiana
Posted in 2008 on March 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Look for my article on ricotta in the April 2008 issue of La Cucina Italiana, which includes my new and improved recipe for homemade ricotta—a great diet breakfast, much less jarring on the stomach than yogurt in the morning.
Italian Bold and Lean
Posted in Skinny Guinea on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My grandmother’s string beans, made low-carb. Recipes: Grilled New York Strip Steak with Thyme and Anchovy Salmoriglio String Beans with Tomatoes, Sweet Vermouth, and Pine Nuts Low-carb works for me, but I don’t go crazy with it, sucking cheese off mini crackers and then hiding the crackers on a bookshelf, as I once saw a [...]
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