Food and Wine
A fairly comprehensive list of words related to food and wine has been prepared by a few of us. It still needs revision, corrections, additions and… read more
Gala Placidia posted on 2009/06/30 04:31
new homeowners in Gagliano Aterno ( nw of Sulmona in mountains), serious foodlovers, can't wait to start exploring upon arrival next week. … read more
grsimon posted on 2009/06/24 09:08
A few weeks ago I started a thread in the old forum about this topic. I still think that it would be great if we could all share our favourite… read more
Gala Placidia posted on 2009/06/19 05:29
This community is wonderful. In the last few days since I registered as a new member I have had posts from people giving replies to my earlier… read more
FromNowOn posted on 2009/06/14 14:47
Polenta is one of those Italian dishes that you either love or hate. Considered in the past as the poor people's staple diet it is nowadays served… read more
Gala Placidia posted on 2009/06/13 17:53
I love to cook, and whilst my italian is good enough for basic shopping does anyone out there know all the terms/names when shopping in the butchers… read more
clombardelli posted on 2009/06/13 05:30
straight off the Repubblica website - a revolution in fast-food. Pasta that is cooked with the same speed as coffee from a special machine invented… read more
Ronald posted on 2009/06/12 13:22
Pat H posted on 2009/06/12 04:24
I like all sorts of food from all over the world; one special dish that I like is based on a tropical soffritto. I fry the chopped onion and crushed… read more
Serge posted on 2009/06/06 14:45
The base for many Italian sauces and dishes is the "soffritto" (sofrit in French, sofrito in Spanish), a mixture of some diced vegetables which are… read more
Gala Placidia posted on 2009/06/06 05:37
