Posted in Arezzo, Florence, Garlic, Italian, Italy, Meat, Montalcino, Montepulciano, Olive Oil, Pasta, Recipes, Tuscan, bolognese, carrots, celery, chicken stock, duck, flour, game, guanciale, hearty, herbs, indulgent meal, mushroom, mushrooms, noodles, philosophy, porcini, sauce, tomato, tradition, travel, tuscany, wine on Jan 23rd, 2010
It might be generational, or, perhaps, philosophical, but there are, on the one hand, those who enjoy and appreciate handmade things, and the art and craft they require to make, and, on the other, those who prefer their things machine-made, reliable, and standard. The ‘things’ here could be quite literally anything. My father, who, to [...]
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Posted in Brooklyn, Coco Lezzone, Europe, Florence, Garlic, Italian, Italy, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, Tuscan, chops, easy, herbs, pork, rosemary, sage, thyme, travel, tuscany on Dec 11th, 2008
I feel kinda cheesy. I admit it, I feel cool about using a butcher. I understand this is lame and that butchers have been around for ages, but, truthfully, in the recent year, we’ve really gotten to know our neighborhood butchers. Growing up in the ‘burbs, meat was only bought pre-cut and pre-packaged. [...]
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Posted in Emilia Romagna, Italian, Italy, Modena, Pizza, Recipe, Tuscan, acorns, balsamico, delicacy, indulgent meal, lard, lardo, pigs, rosemary, salami, tourism, travel, unhealthy, vinegar on Nov 7th, 2008
Have you ever eaten something so fabulous, so lucious, so decadent that you almost felt the need to run to confession (to confess your indulgent food “sins”), say three Hail Mary’s (that’s for you Catholics out there) and pray really hard that you can zip your jeans up again? Ok, a bit exaggerated, but looking [...]
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Posted in Europe, Italian, Italy, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, Tuscan, bunny, culture, dining, game, hearty, rabbit, restaurant, slow cooking, spices, stew, tourism, travel, tuscany, wine on Jul 8th, 2008
Remember way back yonder, when the weather was still cool, we were on the search for some rabbit to make? We ended up calling around to butchers around Brooklyn and found a place that had them and asked them to save two for us. When we arrived, the butcher handed us our babies and, with [...]
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Posted in Italian, Italy, Recipe, Steak, Tuscan, baking, butter, cream, easy, egg, hearty, pepper, salt, side dish, spinach, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian on Jun 15th, 2008
On almost every diner breakfast menu in the United States you’ll find eggs florentine – a breakfast dish of poached eggs over wilted spinach sitting on half a toasted English muffin (we’ll get into the Englishness of English muffins at another time) and dressed with a hollandaise or bechamel sauce. What makes them Florentine or [...]
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Posted in Food Commentary, Italian, Italy, Tuscan, Vin Santo, alcohol, alcoholic drink, beverage, biscotti, delicacy, dessert, drink, grapes, madeira, malvasia, sweet, tourism, tradition, travel, trebbiano, tuscany, wine on May 29th, 2008
Regular readers must find us horrible bores as we bang on about our wedding and honeymoon in Italy last year almost constantly. On our penultimate day of our three week trip, we raided an enormous supermarket in the suburbs of Montevarchi for the Tuscan products we cannot find or cannot afford here in NYC, and [...]
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Posted in Coco Lezzone, Florence, Italian, Italy, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, Tuscan, basil, bread, healthy, hearty, soup, tomato, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian on Oct 3rd, 2007
Last night I posted a story about the Pappa al Pomodoro (Tomato and Bread Soup) I was going to attempt to recreate for dinner. Well, We Are Never Full readers, the recreation was a success! I really hope some of you will try to make this hearty, delicious and simple recipe. It was very easy [...]
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Posted in Coco Lezzone, Europe, Florence, Food Commentary, Italian, Italy, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, Restaurant Review, Tuscan, bread, culture, healthy, hearty, language, restaurant, soup, tomato, tourism, tradition, travel, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian on Oct 2nd, 2007
When we were in Florence this past July we had one of the most memorable meals of our life. The simplicity of the dishes, the gruff, “don’t ask too many questions cause everything is good here” service and the down-home ambiance (mama in the corner, the owner is the host, the server and one of [...]
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