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Assassin’s Spaghetti!
We all know how to cook spaghetti, right?
You put the water in the pan and start heating it and...
You know what? Not all recipes s...
29
Sep
Tag Archives: cuisine
28
Sep
All-You-Can-Eat psychology
Have you ever been to an All-you-can-eat buffet?
Sure you have...we've all been there at least once.
Even in Europe, where this for...
01
Aug
Everything but the oink
An Italian proverb, probably dating back to the late Middle Ages, reads "Nothing is thrown away from the pork".
Which, translated in...
09
Jun
Potpourri, or “Rotten Pot”
Here we go: chicken with vegetable potpourri.
Potpourri, what a catchy name, innit?
That's right, I'm about to start a boring and...
05
Jun
Is Story-telling supposed to tell the truth? The “Pinsa” case
Storytelling is a tool that is becoming increasingly popular in marketing. Briefly, it is the narration of facts or experiences, linked...
31
May
Speaking Macaronic
Hey you, can you speak Macaronic?
Ok, let's be more precise here: there is no such an idiom.
However, there is the expression mac...
25
May
Al dente is better!
How do you like your pasta cooked?
Ok, tastes are subjective, of course. Still...
Al dente has objective advantages. Just be carefu...
24
May
Sugar and Tomato Sauce
There's a trick that every Italian grandmother knows: add a teaspoon of sugar to tomato sauce, so that it doesn't have an aftertaste to...
23
May
Laughter, laughter, mom made gnocchi for supper!
There is an old Italian saying which reads: "Ridi ridi, che la mamma ha fatto gli gnocchi!".
My attempt at a translation would be:
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22
May
Bruschetta and Mediterranean Diet
A food which, despite its extreme simplicity, is depicted in the Mediterranean Diet is Bruschetta*.
*Its correct pronunciation in It...
