About Italian Food: Almost Wordless Wednesday: Soaking Baccalà

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Italian Food Italian Food Quick/Easy Recipes Le Basi Classic Recipes From Kyle Phillips, your Guide to Italian Food Christmas is Coming... And so are the markets; in small towns they tend to be just on the weekends, but in major cities they continue for several weeks. And can be lots of fun; when I was much younger I remember going to Piazza Navona in Rome, where people were selling creche figureens. Florence's Piazza Santa Croce has instead been taken over by Germans and other north Europeans, who are selling both Christmas things and street food (lots of wurst with sauerkraut, beer and soft pretzels) and doing very well for themselves. It's a nice change of pace. Almost Wordless Wednesday: Soaking Baccalà Baccalà is salt cod sold by the slab, and if you buy it as is, it will be literally covered in salt, and will require a couple of days of... Read more The About.Com Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange 2010 Every year About.com's guides on the Food and Drink Channel hold a virtual cookie exchange. This year we continue the tradition, and each week you'll see 4-5 cookie recipes or... Read more What's Cooking? Pettole! Pettole are fried dough balls common throughout Aplulia come Christmas, and according to legend were a gift to the poor from Baby Jesus: A woman who was kneading the dough... Read more Polenta Gnocchi with Butter, Prosciutto and Cheese Corn meal gnocchi made with polenta are a refreshing change from the potato-based gnocchi one normally encounters. In this recipe they're baked with prosciutto and other goodies, and will do a fine job of keeping winter out. See More About:  polenta  corn meal mush  casseroles Italian Food Ads Food Italian Italian Food Online Food Local Food Food Network Contest Featured Articles How to roast a fish in salt, and serve it at table Meat Recipes: Braised Tongue, or Lingua Brasata Vegetables: Spicy Stewed Cabbage With Apples Egg Recipes: A Salami Frittata, Frittata con il Salame Frico with Potatoes Panettone Bavarian Cream   More from About.com Great Gadget Gifts iPad or iPod? Kindle or Nook? Point-and-shoot or DIL camera? If you're confused by this year's must-have gadgets, check out our top picks. More> The Gift of Entertainment The lowdown on the latest holiday releases, plus recommendations on the best in music, movies and more. More> This newsletter is written by: Kyle Phillips Italian Food Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Italian Food newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Seen Here and There Presepi e Pifferai: How to Say "Christmas" in Rome Roma Ieri e Oggi, Then and Now (Get comfortable...) Bolzano's Christmas Market Advertisement