Eggs, they’re the prefect fast food. Eggs cook fast and act as a delivery system for just about anything in almost any combination. Served hot or cold, a frittata can feed the whole family, at...
Read More →It’s cold. We’ve got snow up the wazoo and here comes Valentine’s Day. For my money nothing says love quite like a bowl of Mushroom Risotto. It’s a warm, starchy hug that you can wrap...
Read More →A simple pasta soft, unripened cheese, lots of healthy grilled vegetables, a hint of garlic scape and a blast of balsamic reduction. Serve hot or cold, as a starter or a main for lunch or...
Read More →Burnt Butter Italian Kitchen , a new addition to the Hintonburg scene and a dream come true for husband and wife team Steve Wallace and Gen Lamorie. Offering Italian-inspired dishes served in a slick...
Read More →Wednesday night and time to get dinner on the table. A simple little pasta, 45 minutes, start to finish: mushrooms, zucchini and cherry tomatoes in a light cream sauce topped with prosciutto...
Read More →Part 2 of our sexy wine & cheese liaison on Food Gypsy; six great bottles, five beautiful cheeses, and one wicked prosciutto in the heart of the Old World – Italy. You’ll notice...
Read More →It’s comfort food season, a chilly day found me in the kitchen whipping-up a batch of spaghetti & meatballs, singing “On Top of Spaghetti” and pondering the nature of the sobriety of those writing children’s...
Read More →It traveled from Valdagno Italy, in the province of Vincenza to Ottawa, Canada in the 50′s. It’s handle was turned by her mother and her mother before her, so when my neighbour Paola asked me...
Read More →Antipasto (plural antipasti), means ‘before the meal’ – the traditional first course of a formal Italian meal. The Italian equivalent of saying “First, we eat this… then we EAT…” The holidays are upon us and along...
Read More →There is little else that can comfort, soothe and completely quiet; mind, body and soul quite like Italian food. Elegant in its simplicity and selective in its ingredients, Italian is (by far) my favourite food...
Read More →Shelves lined with cookies and coffee paraphernalia and tiny front shop jammed with customers gripping steamy cups of cappuccino, drooling over the pastry display; Simply Biscotti is a must stop in Ottawa’s little Italy....
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