Posts Tagged ‘tomatoes’
Fall in Umbria
And the days go flying by. The searing summer heat is gone, replaced by a chill wind and a few thunderstorms. A tougher skinned, hardier tomato has replaced the sun warmed summer tomato, but no one really is thinking much about tomatoes now. The first of the fall artichokes showed up at last week’s market,…
Read MoreEating Local and the Mono-Diet
I’ve identified a problem with the eating local and in-season trend, and I’m calling it the Mono-Diet Phenomena (MDP). It started to dawn on me in the spring when we ate artichokes every single day. At some point, peaches dominated our food intake, later to be replaced by tomatoes, and currently we are eating figs.…
Read MoreWhy? A Tomato Canning Revelation
Once upon a time there was a woman who always cut the ends off the ham before she put it in the roasting pan. Her daughter, having learned the recipe from her mother, cut the ends of the ham before putting it in the roasting pan. When it was the grand daughter’s turn to make…
Read MoreIn the time it takes to boil water: Pasta with Shrimp and Bottarga
It’s summertime and I don’t want to spend any more time in the kitchen than I have to. 400 g shrimp 3 cloves of garlic, minced ½ cup diced fresh tomatoes 1 thinly sliced shallot 2 T finely chopped parsley A bit of finely spiced fresh chili pepper, depends on how hot you like it…
Read MoreTomato Tart
We have officially reached critical mass in the orto. This means that for the first time, I hauled in more tomatoes than we could eat in a day! The tomato plants are actually taller than me, although that's not really a lot to brag about given my 'stature'! Our first ‘cuore di bue’ or…
Read MoreMontone Orto Report
Don’t you think our salad from last night says it all? Last night we succumbed to an acute bout of Locavore Smugness as we ate our home grown dinner: salad, tomatoes, cucumber, green beans were all from the orto, the wine is from our friend Amerigo at Polidori in Umbertide, the percorino (sheep) cheese is…
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