Historic 16th Century Villa Giona in the gastronomic heart of northern Italy

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Pasta

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Experience Rome with a Plate of Spaghetti alla Carbonara

August 17, 2010

If you close your eyes while you are eating this, you can imagine yourself in Rome, perhaps sitting across the table from Julia Roberts.

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Home from Camp and a Recipe for Pappardelle with Peppers and Sausage

August 10, 2010

This sauce is quick to make and is great comfort food. Gabriella perked right up and decided her father should teach cooking lessons at the camp because she wants to go again next year!

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Uncooked Sauce: A recipe for Spaghetti alla Checca

June 21, 2010

This is a sauce for which you either harvest your own well loved tomatoes or purchase them from a local farmers market. No watery, flavorless tomatoes will do here.

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Recipe for Penne with Spinach and Ricotta and a Tip for Chopping Onions

June 6, 2010

Photo by Joseph De Leo One of my favorite pasta dishes is tortelloni (the square ones, Romagna style) filled with Swiss chard and ricotta.  My fondness for the dish was evident from the time I was a small boy and my grandmother made them for me while my parents were away.  After polishing off a [...]

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