Sides & Vegetables

italian pepper and eggplant

Peperonata

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Thanks giving weekend just passed in Canada and here in southern Ontario we have been enjoying what are probably our last days of sunny warm…

italian roasted peppers

Roasted Peppers

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Roasting peppers over a fire, out of all the autumn preserving, I think, is my favorite. It might be because I’m a wee bit of…

nonnas-garden

Preserving Rapini, Collard Greens

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One of the first and last things to grow in an Italian garden is rapini, a collard green of which there are many varieties.

italian-sundried-tomatos

Sun Dried Tomatoes

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We visited Nonna Olga in the fall when she was preparing to dry the tomatoes from her garden. We will cover that process in greater…

ciccoria and fagioli

Cicoria Recipes

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The point is that each has a unique flavor and sometimes the best flavor is bountiful right in your own backyard.