Fish Stick: Devon Aoki in agent provocateur, 1998
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Women with Fish
Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Orange Flower Water
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Mo, my mother, around 1952. She sure could cook. Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Orange Flower Water Here’s another excerpt from ‘The Making of an Italian Cook’, a memoir I’ve been working on. “We’re completely out of pepper flakes?,” Dick, my father, would say, to no one in particular, while shaking an empty little plastic jar. Shit, [...]
Women with Fish
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Man and Women by Eikoh Hosoe, 1960
Italian Food Poem
Posted in Uncategorized on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Italian Food A poem by Shel Silverstein Oh, how I love Italian food. I eat it all the time, Not just ’cause how good it tastes But ’cause how good it rhymes. Minestrone, cannelloni, Macaroni, rigatoni, Spaghettini, scallopini, Escarole, braciole, Insalata, cremolata, manicotti, Marinara, carbonara, Shrimp francese, Bolognese, Ravioli, mostaccioli, Mozzarella, tagliatelle, Fried zucchini, rollatini, [...]
Women with Fish
Posted in Uncategorized on August 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A woman staring at a fish tank by Henri Matisse
The Making of an Italian Cook
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Mo, center, with neighbors, having a smoke and Strega Festa Here’s another little section from ‘The Making of an Italian Cook’, a book of essays I’ve been working on for a few months. I’ve already posted two other short sections. They’re all still a little rough, but I just thought I’d run pieces of this [...]
Women with Fish
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Woman Fish, by Oleksiy Fedorenko (2002). It’s been a while, and I was missing “Women with Fish,” so here you go.
A New Feature: The Italian Recipe Exchange
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hello fellow Italian food fanatics, I have a new feature on my blog. It’s called ‘The Italian Recipe Exchange’. If you’ve ever wanted your own favorite Italian recipe posted and up for the world to see, you might want to click ‘The Italian Recipe Exchange’ button on my home page and read all about it.
The Making of an Italian Cook
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Me eating spaghetti with Patty Ianicelli’s (my father’s cousin) boys. Rye, New York, around 1960. Here’s the prologue from ‘The Making of an Italian Cook’, a work in progress. Hope you like it. The book is progressing well, a little shaky in parts, but I’ll iron that out in time. The Making of an Italian [...]
String Bean Salad with Shallots, Almonds, and Thyme
Posted in Uncategorized on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Still life with tomatoes and green beans, by Ashley Baldwin-Smith. Recipe: String Bean Salad with Shallots, Almonds, and Thyme My previous post, a recipe for sautéed shrimp with Sambuca, included a photo of a whole dinner spread. In the photo there was a string bean salad. It must have looked kind of intriguing, for a [...]
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