To continue with my blog…is the question of the hour for me. I committed to one year of blogging two years ago this month. I wasn’t sure how it would evolve, a newbie to the blogging world. I registered my domain name Italian Handful.com at Go Daddy. Com and decided to keep using my italianhandful.wordpress.com … Continue reading
The weatherman says 18 inches of snow by Wednesday. Chicagoans are getting their provisions— ready to hibernate, cozy-in— books, movies, games, fires, family, comfort-food, shovels, plows, chairs on the street, sleds and fun…for sure no school. I’m thinking Spring,.. missing the brights, the colors, especially yellow. And of Taline’s Tarte à l’onion with it’s warm bright … Continue reading
Austria. A journey of beauty, music, food and craftsmanship. Salzburger Nockerl is a meringue and raspberry dessert soufflé, in three peaks, inspired by the three mountains that border Salzburg. The same mountains Maria and the Sound of Music family climbed in their escape— truth be known, they took a train to Italy! Salzberg Nockerl reminds … Continue reading
This week a wolf appeared in my dreams with a bag of dough. According to the American Indian Medicine Cards: the discovery of power through the ways of animals by Jamie Sams and David Carson— the wolf appears to empower the teacher within us to share our knowledge with others. Mama Mic’s Magic Dough included … Continue reading
ABRACADABRA!!! Mama Mic’s Magic Dough Yield: 2 loaves, 3 pizzas or 48 rolls Ingredients: 2 cups water, warm to the wrist 2 packets dry yeast, 1 ½ tablespoons granulated sugar * SWEET DOUGH increase sugar to ⅓ cup ½ cup extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon Sea salt 5 to 6 ½ cups … Continue reading
My grandmother made pizza the day she made bread, making an extra batch of dough for that night’s pizza supper. She spread the soft elastic dough out on a large rectangular baking pan with her fingers and the production line began. First ladling spoonfuls of homemade sauce. I sat around her the big round table … Continue reading
Last night I had zucchini dreams. The beautiful zucchini blossoms have produced a bumper crop of squash and I was given 2 giant zucchini from Kristin’s Kitchen Garden. They haunted me. The day before, I read in the Chicago Tribune about the new USDA food pyramid rules. People are starting to talk about all the … Continue reading
“Flops are a part of life’s menu and I’ve never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.” —Rosalind Russell. Me either. Rhubarb resonates summer afternoons of my early entrepreneur days in our yard. My grocery store sign set up under the dwarf mulberry tree, the hanging branches creating an enclosure … Continue reading
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