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Spaghetti alla Carbonara

By On August 1, 2010 · 9 Comments

Yes, yes, I know, I’ve been a bad, bad food blogger for the last while. Not because I don’t want to post, but because besides the ice cream cake I posted before this, I really haven’t done much serious cooking. It stinks, I know, but what can you do. I’ve been working [...]

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Gelato alla Nocciole (Hazelnut ice cream)

By On July 22, 2010 · 28 Comments

I’m on my ice cream kick. Seriously. I just love to, need to, want to make ice cream. I can’t help it. So far I’d only tried custard ice creams the American or French way. This time I figured I’d give an Italian recipe a chance. Mostly because I wanted to take the most natural [...]

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Spaghetti alla Carbonara

By On July 7, 2010 · 29 Comments

I made spaghetti alla carbonara tonight. It was very tasty, though a little on the cheesy side. This due to the fact that I only had parmigiano and no pecorino. Even though pecorino is cheese as well, it does add a different (And therefor less overly cheesy) taste.

It was still very very very good [...]

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wonderful food from the supermarket, lunch in Milan, photo by LdV

More Milan

By On July 3, 2010 · 20 Comments

So in Milan we did a lot… of eating!

We arrived in Milan early Friday afternoon. After taking a taxi to the apartment and drinking coffee, we walked to the grocery store across the square. I was amazed, this was a small, little grocery store, compared to American, or even Dutch stores. [...]

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Gnocchi alla Sorrentina, sortof

By On June 27, 2010 · 2 Comments

So I’m all Italian themed here, as you can see. 2 Italian dishes in a row. But both had been promised previously. I’ve been wanting to make my own gnocchi for a long time, but still haven’t succeeded. I don’t have one of those potato strainers, or whatschamacallit, which is essential for [...]

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