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Chanterelle mushrooms are perfect for risotto. In Italy, they are available in late summer and Chanterelle risotto, Risotto al Finerli in Italian, is a popular seasonal and regional version of …

Venetian Cicchetti meatballs are the bar snack version of meatballs. These Cicchetti (nibbles or snacks) meatballs are smaller and fried, made to snack on while sipping a refreshing glass of …

Quite a few passionate Italian cooks will get indignant about the mention of spaghetti and meatballs. They insist that is not how meatballs in tomato sauce (Polpette al Sugo) should …

One of the advantages of purchasing from a market is that the produce found is usually younger, more tender, and of course fresher. Those qualities lead to this simple recipe …

Vidalia Onions are a spring treat. This Vidalia Onions and Bacon tart made fully releases the extraordinary sweetness of this southern delicacy. Vidalias contain a very large amount of water …

This turnip and chard tart variation uses two of the most common items from spring and later summer markets. It is one of my favorite vegetable tarts. The perfect savory …

Evaluating the components of the simple flour, egg, and butter crust produced by Escoffier and the latest recommendations for a tart shell (or tart crust), a dough for a perfect …

This dish is about ramps. Ramps grow wild in higher elevations in the North American Appalachian mountains. They are somewhat hard to describe if you are unfamiliar with them. They …

This recipe calls for a pound of flour and adds some flour. Just barely enough for three 9.5 inch (25 cm) tarts. Somewhat impractical for the home baker, but is …

No critic goes to the theater to write about the foil. But I prefer my stocks to be a foil — a background to other flavors. It is also true …