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Category Archives: Pasta
Authentic Pasta Carbonara
My Mother always made Pasta Carbonara when I was growing up in Brooklyn. But she made it her own way. Unlike the original way, she would include regular bacon, onions, garlic and butter. The rest of the ingredients were the … Continue reading
Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
Most backyard gardeners have picked their last tomato by now. This time of year is when I love to make fresh tomato sauce using the Roma and plum tomatoes I grew myself and allowed to ripen on the vine. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Pasta
Tagged fresh tomato sauce, Italian cooking, Italian food, Italian recipes, macaroni, Pasta, tomato sauce, vine ripened tomatoes
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Macaroni with Zucchini and Mint
Here is another classic Sicilian dish that you can throw together with a few seasonal ingredients and walk away with a satisfying meal, that’s tasty and fresh. This time of year the mint should be plentiful from your garden and … Continue reading
Posted in Pasta, vegetable
Tagged macaroni with zucchini and mint, mint, pasta with zucchini and mint, zucchini
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Pasta alla Norma- Macaroni with Eggplant
This has to be one of my all time favorite macaroni dishes. And it’s pure Sicilian. When I was 14 years old and traveled throughout Italy with my brother Richard we spent two weeks with my Aunt Angie and Uncle … Continue reading
Posted in Pasta, vegetable
Tagged fried eggplant, macaroni with eggplant, pasta alla Norma
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Fresh Tomato Sauce
I’m posting this recipe now to encourage you to grow your own tomatoes, and at the least, try making a fresh tomato sauce from fresh, ripe, Roma tomatoes. There is nothing quite like growing your own tomatoes, then taking those vine ripened beauties and … Continue reading
Spaghetti con Aglio Olio e Alici
My friend Tommy Abatemarco reminded me of this dish the other day. I have not had this in a long time, spaghetti with garlic and oil and anchovies with toasted breadcrumbs. Man! This takes me back to Christmas Eve in … Continue reading
Pasta with Bolognese Sauce
Who’s that knocking at the door? This past Sunday I get a call at about 11am from the emergency service that my 94-year-old mother is subscribed to. “Your mother fell and an ambulance has been dispatched. Your sister Annette and brother … Continue reading
Cavatelli with Broccoli Rabe and Italian Sausage
Cavatelli has to be my all time favorite macaroni. If I had to choose a last meal it would include Cavatelli with my mother’s tomato sauce with meatballs and Gudinna (rolled up pig’s skin made like a braciole). Cavatelli is made with … Continue reading
Posted in Pasta, Pork, vegetable
Tagged broccoli rabe, cavatelli with broccoli rabe and Italian sausage
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Spaghetti with Tuna and Fennel
My grandfather would go crazy over this spaghetti. He would enjoy it so much I remember seeing him eating it with the end of the table-cloth tucked into the collar of his shirt so he would not get any oil or … Continue reading
Fettucine with Pink Lobster Sauce
Arthur’s Legacy My grandmother never made anything pink. Certainly not her sauce. This dish has a more northern Italian influence. We rarely ever ate lobster in our house either. Well, until Arthur came into the family. Arthur was from the … Continue reading
