In January, our Newburyport Wine Club welcomed Silvestro Silvestori from the Awaiting Table Cooking School in Lecce as a guest chef and Sommelier. Lecce is in the southern region of Puglia, the heel of the boot. I had traveled down … Continue reading
Our December gathering of our Newburyport Wine Club was “All About Crémant – A Great Alternative to Champagne”. With the holidays fast approaching, we wanted to explore some wonderful, but less expensive options to celebrate the season with some bubbles. … Continue reading
Ask most Americans about Italian food, and the dish that most likely springs to mind is Spaghetti and Meatballs, meatballs served over a plate of spaghetti smothered in marinara sauce. A favorite recipe of many Italian immigrant grandmothers, and a … Continue reading
Bread sticks appear in almost every restaurant bread basket in Italy – wrapped in plastic, and enjoyable to munch on, but just ordinary. But on our visits to Piedmont on our Barolo Walk and Wine tours, fresh crisp bread sticks … Continue reading
We see this dish all over northern Italy on our Italiaoutdoors Italy tours, but it is very common in Piedmont. The following recipe is from a chef in Northern Italy who claimed the origins of the dish were Sicilian. Big … Continue reading
