briciole: Breakfast

Breakfast

June 14, 2016

celery omelette / omelette con sedano

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] celery omelette topped with some mashed avocado (tablecloth by La FABBRICA del LINO) Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson called out at me from a table at a library book sale and just like the country in which is it set, Norway, it grabbed me immediately. The sky, the woods, the water, everything is expansive in Norway, majestic, yet quiet. Petterson's prose is like that. Life's familiar themes—friendship, love, loss, betrayal, coming of age, aging—play a role in the story of Trond Sander, the 67-year-old protagonist. I imagined to be sitting in... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on June 14, 2016 in Books, Breakfast, Consigli, Egg Dish, English / italiano, Everyday, Health, Novel Food, Recipe | Permalink | Comments (6)

April 03, 2016

ćevapčići / ćevapi (sausages / polpette)

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] Ćevapi (or ćevapčići) are Balkan caseless sausages (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) The 26th country of our World Culinary ABC1 is Croatia (Croazia). It is the last stop of our world tour and I find it nice to end home. My maternal grandmother (nonna materna) was Croatian, from a village near Split (Spalato in Italian). I have been in the country only once, many years ago, before the war, and have many special memories. I am looking forward to visiting it again one day. Those memories include the taste of foods... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on April 03, 2016 in Breakfast, Consigli, English / italiano, Everyday, Meat Dish, Recipe, Special Event | Permalink | Comments (4)

September 27, 2015

mote pillo: ecuadorian hominy egg scramble / uova strapazzate con mais gigante

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] mote pillo, version with golden corn (Italian linen from La FABBRICA del LINO) The seventeenth country of our World Culinary ABC1 is Ecuador. To celebrate this stop, I chose to make my version of mote pillo (or motepillo), an egg scramble with cooked corn.2 As explained in this excerpt of the chapter on Ecuador in the book Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, This is not the sweet corn with which North Americans are familiar but instead choclo, a huge-grained, chewy, and very flavorsome variety that is used extensively in soups and... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on September 27, 2015 in Appetizer, Breakfast, Consigli, Egg Dish, English / italiano, Everyday, Health, Recipe, Special Event, Traditional Dish, Vegetable Dish | Permalink | Comments (6)

August 16, 2015

blueberry varenyky / varenyky con ripieno di mirtilli

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] making blueberry varenyky In our World Culinary ABC1 we have arrived in Ukraine (Ucraina), represented by the port city of Odessa. By a series of coincidences, my husband and I recently hiked to, and spent a night at, Odessa Lake2 in Rocky Mountain National Park3. So, while I have no personal images of Odessa to share, I can show you how beautiful Odessa Lake is. arriving at Odessa Lake Odessa Lake and Notchtop Mountain in the evening To celebrate our virtual visit to Ukraine, I chose to make my version of blueberry... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on August 16, 2015 in Breakfast, Consigli, Dessert, English / italiano, Everyday, Fruit Dish, Pasta, Recipe, Special Event, Traditional Dish | Permalink | Comments (8)

July 20, 2015

panzanella (bread and tomato)

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] a bright plate Panzanella is a way of dressing up bread that is no longer fresh (pane raffermo). There are many variations of this traditional dish, which you can find (and eat) throughout central Italy, but I like my father's recipe the best. During my childhood, every August my family would spend three weeks in Poggio Catino, my father's native village, located in the historic region of Sabina, north of Rome1. In the morning, my father and I would often go for a walk in the woods of the Monti Sabini above... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on July 20, 2015 in Appetizer, Breakfast, Consigli, English / italiano, Everyday, Recipe, Traditional Dish, Vegetable Dish | Permalink | Comments (6)

June 15, 2015

Minneapolis and a recipe for aebleskiver / Minneapolis e una ricetta per aebleskiver

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] aebleskiver, why haven't I met you before? The thirteenth stop of our World Culinary ABC1 , which I am hosting, is the United States (Stati Uniti), my adoptive country. The city chosen to represent the US is Minneapolis, the largest city of the state of Minnesota.2 Together with the state capital, Saint Paul, Minneapolis forms the metropolitan area called the Twin Cities. google map of Minneapolis I have been to Minneapolis a few times, as my husband has friends there (all my visits occurred in the summer: winter in the Twin Cities... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on June 15, 2015 in Breakfast, Consigli, Dessert, English / italiano, Everyday, Recipe, Traditional Dish, Travel | Permalink | Comments (112)

April 19, 2015

scone alle fragole / strawberry scones

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] not your typical strawberry scones In The Feast Nearby by Robin Mather, the current selection of our Cook the Books Club, the author tells the story of how she built a new life for herself in a lakeside cabin in Michigan after back-to-back divorce and lay-off. Following the seasons of one year, she describes her food sources, meal plans and preservation efforts, and provides some recipes. I already do a fair amount of food preservation in the form of freezing and fruit preserves. I also bake bread, make cheese, kefir and broth.... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on April 19, 2015 in Baking, Books, Breakfast, Cheese & Dairy, Consigli, English / italiano, Everyday, Fruit Dish, Pastry, Recipe, Special Event | Permalink | Comments (16)

December 09, 2013

Q come Quarkkeulchen / Q like Quarkkeulchen

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] highway to the sky One morning in early March, a good number of years ago, I boarded a train at Milan's Stazione Centrale. After crossing the border, the train glided across Switzerland, breaking the silence of meadows and woods sleeping peacefully under a thick blanket of snow. After the sun set, it became more difficult to follow the progress of my journey and I settled with my book. Around 10 pm, the train arrived at Cologne Central Station (Köln Hauptbahnhof) and I got off. The brisk air carried the memory of recent... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on December 09, 2013 in Breakfast, Cheese making, English / italiano, Everyday, Recipe, Traditional Dish, Travel | Permalink | Comments (42)

October 22, 2012

mela al cartoccio salata / savory apple baked in puff pastry

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] not the typical apple baked in puff pastry Well-demarcated in both time and space, the novel Going to Solace by Amanda McTigue is expansive in the varied cast of characters and rich array of themes it presents: It's Thanksgiving week, 1989. We're in Big Piney and Little Piney, two hollows near the town of Garnet in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A handful of mismatched folks - some country people, some far-flung, fancy people - discover they have one thing in common: someone they know is sick, real sick, dying sick. Their paths... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on October 22, 2012 in Baking, Breakfast, Cheese & Dairy, Consigli, English / italiano, Everyday, Novel Food, Recipe | Permalink | Comments (7)

August 14, 2012

pesche a colazione / a peachy breakfast

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] rye berries Rye berries (chicchi di segale) are pretty. I discovered that a while ago, when I got a package of them as part of my monthly grain CSA share. I cooked them as I usually do hulled barley (dry toasting then boiling), then used them in this dish, and we liked the result. A friend lent me her grain flaker while she was away and I enjoyed using it with various grains. You put the grains into the hopper and turn the handle which makes the rollers turn and flatten the... Read more →

Posted by Simona Carini on August 14, 2012 in Breakfast, Cheese & Dairy, Consigli, English / italiano, Everyday, Fruit Dish, Health, Recipe, Special Event | Permalink | Comments (7)