Posts by Tuscan Chef

wasn't this the subject of another thread?

There is a confusion here. I believe no one disagree on the fact that there is a complete freedom when cooking for yourself or for your friends. Rules are not made to be broken or followed, they are part of a culinary tradition. If...

Yes I confirm, if you ask Parmigiano in a real good seafood restaurant, the chef would come and say something to you. Or the waiter will look at you disgusted. In Venice, the waiter would tell you not to do it. That happens often with...

Yes cheese is not cosnidered to be used with fish. However, you can use "parmigiano" to "mantecare" a risotto. This might be the only accepted cheese to go with fish. Now there is a new tendency, not to use...

If you drink beer but can not smell wine, seems strange. Can you eat grapes? You might have also (I am serious not trying to make a joke) a psicological reaction. Try to do a blind test. Have a friend prepare the exact meal, (something...

I never heard arugola excepting that from our US students. It looks like a mispelling originated from the article LA So LA RUCOLA became L'ARUGOLA. But the real italian used name is rucola. Same thing seems to happen to AMATRICIANA but...

Well, I will definitively try. I googled in italian, unfortunately what you call teaspoon is our Cucchiaino da caffè so it is impossible to search on recepies if any other suggests to use coffee. Maybe I have a scoop. Thank you for the...

the closest we have is pappa al pomodoro, bread tomato soup. Siduri posted it and we have just a little difference (basil before basil after).

I am sorry...we went on a tangent, we live in Italy so we absorbed a little of Italian temperement (and perhaps our English is not so good) .... but we are US citizens living abroad. Maybe we should open a thread "tomato sauce,...

Yes I believe Pomarola comes from neapolitan Pummarola, at least they made the name famous with "a pummarola n' coppa". There are many ways to do it. You can do same as yours, but doing a "soffritto" of celery onions...