Palette Chaos at Salone del Gusto

By JudithKlinger | October 22, 2010 |

Take a left at Puglia This Slow Food “Salone” thing is huge. We’ve gotten the lay of the land and now talk about making a left at Puglia, or you should go past Liguria to find Umbria, and do you want to eat in Spain today? Could you resist walking through Liguria and not tasting five varieties of pesto?

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Foodbuzz 24×24: 25K Umbrian Challenge

By JudithKlinger | September 8, 2010 |

Come over for dinner on Saturday night! And so the invite went out for a very local Umbrian feast, hosted by Foodbuzz. Corks popped, pasta was made, meat was grilled and a lot of wine was consumed. You should have been there!

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First Pesto of the Season

By JudithKlinger | June 24, 2010 |

Necessity, is without a doubt, the mother of invention. Hunger amps necessity Especially at lunchtime. go downstairs and make some fresh pasta. It’s not so crazy: flour, eggs, knead, stretch the pasta, cut it, done. Pasta for two: come on, no biggie. I run over to the orto and harvest the first of our basil. So, if you make pesto really fast, is it Presto Pesto? Well, today it would Presto Pistachio Pesto.

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