Recipes
I
started
investigating "real" Italian cooking after my first trip
to Italy…..I get thoroughly transported by being in Italy…..the
tastes, the freshness (a key to cooking Italian) and the anticipation
of my next fabulous meal…..I return home and feel a desperate
need to re-create the dishes I’ve had in Italy…..I’ve
had some successes and a few disasters……I still burn my
hand when steaming the milk for my morning cappuccino……I
even bought a pasta maker — a real one — the hand grinder
variety from a market in Rome…..My mother laughed at the very
thought of me grinding out pasta (I excitedly phoned her when I
started this task — what was I thinking?!?) and I did retire
the hand grinder after a few tortuous outings and thick pasta results
(inedible)…..As a rescue, my sister Laurie bought an electric
pasta maker for me that I do (in fact) use on occasion……but,
more often than not, I buy my pasta at the local store and concentrate
on making no fail, tasty sauces……here are a few of my
successes!