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Liguria: Plotkin’s Paradise, Panizza’s Pesto
Paradise is a word never to be employed lightly, it being too special to be devalued by mis-use. I’ve been in touch with a man who uses the ‘paradise’ word with every last gram of passion and meaning that it is due - and I … Continue reading
Posted in Basil, Best Pasta, Coffee, DOP, DOP Basilico Genovese, Food travel, Genoa, Il Genovese Restaurant, Ligurian, Memories, Mercato Orientale, Pesto alla Genovese, Pesto alla Genovese, Real Italy, Terroir, Veal, Vitellone
Tagged 'Il Genovese' on Via Galata, 'Recipes from Paradise', Basil, Brown and Company, Byron, Camogli, Charles Dickens, Cinqueterre, DH Lawrence, DOP Basil, Fred Plotkin, La Spezia, Little, M&S Deli's, Mercato Orientale, Pesato alla Genovese, Pesto Rossi, Roberto Panizza, Shelley, The Gulf of Poets
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Hey Presto, it’s Pesto al Mortaio
St Patrick’s Day 2012 will be very different for me and all the better for that – with respect to friends Donal, Joe, the Millikens, et al. No Guinness, no cabbage and bacon – instead I’ll be in the beautiful, historic … Continue reading
Posted in Basil, Best Pasta, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Food travel, Ingredients, Kitchen Equipment, Ligurian, No Compromise Shopping, Nonna's Cooking, Real Italy, Simple Food, supermarkets, Techniques, Terroir
Tagged Camogli, Carrara Marble, Genoa, Liguria, Ligurian Basil, Palazzo Ducale, Pesto alla Genovese, Roberto Panizza, Trofie, www.gustiamo.com
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Spongers Who Aren’t True to Genovese Ways
What ever happened to real Pesto? There shouldn’t be any other kind, but the shops have all swooped on a trend and genuine Pesto got trampled near to death in the rush. Basil has a sensitive soul - it blackens when cut with … Continue reading
Posted in Basil, Batterie, Best Pasta, Blue Collar Gastronomy, DOP, Harry's Bar, Ingredients, Kitchen Equipment, Kitchen Must-Have, Memories, Simple Food, Techniques, The Food Business, Venice
Tagged Camogli, Cararra Marble, Cenobio dei Dogi, Genoa, Genovese DOP Basilico, Gustiamo New York, Harry's Bar Venice, Liguria, Marcella Hazan, Olive Oil, Pestle & Mortar, Pesto alla Genovese, Real Pesto, Trofie
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