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 | I majored in geology in college, and therefore took a course on climatology, in which we learned that the Mediterranean typically has hot good weather in the summer/early fall, and during the winter and spring alternating clear crisp weather and warmer rainy spells. This picture is pretty accurate, and what one hopes is that things line up so the wet days fall during the week, while the weekends are nice. We've been lucky for the past couple of weeks, and today people were sunning on the Ligurian Riviera, though they said the water was still cold. | |
Almost Wordless Wednesday: A Tuscan Antipasto Misto
As I noted in the latest newsletter, I went to a Ferrari-Maserati meeting and wine tasting this Sunday. Between admiring the cars and tasting Sant'Appiano's wines (the main attraction for... Read more
| Making Travel Plans? Think Dolomites!
If you're planning to visit Italy this summer, now is the time to start planning. And you have to decide where to go; a great many people do the Rome-Florence-Venice... Read more
| Svizzere, and To Drink With Them...
Svizzera is the Italian for Switzerland, but also the Italian for Hamburger: it's what the Milanese call pan-cooked ground beef patties -- I don't know why -- and the term... Read more
| Thinking of Liguria
Liguria boasts some of the most rugged topography in Italy, a steady succession of high mountains plunging to the sea, and as a result the population lived (and lives) mostly in the valley mouths, drawing what little substance they could from the flatter parts of the valley floors, and putting their boats to sea, both to fish and to communicate.
Some Recipes: - Trenette col Pesto: Trenette are similar to linguine, but a bit thinner -- they look like flattened spaghetti. Here they are served with potatoes and string beans, cooked with the pasta.
- Minestrone di Riso al Pesto: Minestrone with rice to give it body, and pesto to add grace.
- Buridda: A traditional western Ligurian fish stew.
- Cima Alla Genovese: A more modern variation.
- Paradise Found: Corby Kummer's review of Fred Plotkin's book on Ligurian cooking. With recipes!
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