#ItalianFlavors :: The Broccoletti Meditation (with recipe)

Have you ever heard of “Friarielli”? The tender tips of broccoli rabe? #AppetibilisMoment

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This year I chose to keep my new year resolutions as basic as possible: rise early, meditate and eat healthy(ish). Hoping to be persistent and thinking that I could always add up to the list 😎

Best tip? “Start easy. I’ve learned to put my lofty goals aside and start with the easy-peasy” ~Christian Allaire

[1] Rising early? It’s doable. [2] Eating healthy(ish)? So far so good. [3] Being consistent with meditation? Oops. 😳

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Springtime :: Pasta, Fava Beans and Pecorino Romano

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

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Springtime is served :: Pasta, Fava Beans and Pecorino Romano ::
Recipe and Food Styling: Orsola Ciriello Kogan
Styiling: Cristina Gigli | Photo: ©SerenaEller

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Picnic food :: Frittata di “Maccarune Carrati” :: Zero waste recipe

Once upon a time, when the zero-waste attitude was an integral part of our living, there was “la frittata di maccheroni”. There are no particular recipes for this one-dish meal usually made out of leftover pasta with its sauce, beaten eggs and eventually “aggarbato” with cheese (usually the grated crust of aged-old pecorino)… Read more: Zero Waste Interlude: Frittata di “Maccarunə Carrati” via appetibilis.net
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Skills Practice: Cookies and Recipe Writing

Forget all the bad, soggy oatmeal cookies you’ve ever had in your life. Picture instead a moist-centered, butterscotch-imbued, crisp-edged cookie (recipe) flecked with… Skills Practice | Creating ‘Character Recipes’ | NYTimes.com
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Travel Bites :: Antipasti di mare :: Seafood Amuse-Bouche

Abruzzo Travel Bites :: Small morsels, simply tasty, ideal to tantalize, made by Chef Franco Menna :: Castello Aragona, Vasto (Chieti) :: Enjoy the delightful ambience with stunning sea views…

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Traditions :: Fried eggplant with chocolate and minth

Here’s a traditional dish from Campania region, between the Sorrentine Peninsula and Amalfi Coast. It’s a festive dish, truly unique in its style and ingredients pairing. A convivial one usually prepared in summertime – my mom remembers being prepared around “Ferragosto” (August 15th)…
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