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Simona Carini
Northern California
An Italian transplanted in Northern California
Interests: creative cooking, cheese making, bread baking, food writing, blogging, book and box making, kayaking, photography, classical music
You can contact me at simosite [AT] mac [DOT] com
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root vegetables and escarole with tofu / ortaggi a radice e scarola con tofu
Posted Mar 31, 2025 at briciole
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I agree, Wendy :)
Substituting radicchio with chard sounds like a great idea, Debra: let me know if you try :)
I hear you, Frank. I'm grateful for the abundance: I guess people here warmed up to the delicious bitterness of radicchio and so farmers grow it. A feast for the eyes too :)
radicchio with red grapes / radicchio con uva rossa
jump to Recipe a little bitter and a little sweet (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Land of Milk and Honey, a novel by C Pam Zhang. The story is set in a world, where "A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing."1 The protagonist and n...
radicchio with red grapes / radicchio con uva rossa
Posted Jan 28, 2025 at briciole
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Dear Sondra, thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. I hope you baked some croccanti and enjoyed them :)
croccanti / a family recipe for a special sweet treat
jump to Recipe In the days leading up to the Holidays, my aunt Lucia would bake special cookies and apportion them among family members: my uncle, my father, my cousins. My father visited her before Christmas and brought back the package allocated to our family. I never saw my aunt making the ...
Thank you, Frank. Great that you have chestnuts. Let me know if you try the recipe. I just boiled chestnuts to make another batch of it: I like it so much :)
green cabbage with honeynut squash and chestnuts / cavolo cappuccio con zucca e castagne
jump to Recipe fall flavors combine to make a delicious side dish (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Crying in H Mart a memoir by Michelle Zauner. In August 2018, the author had an essay published in The New Yorker magazine1 with the same title. I...
Claudia, your comment reminds me that years ago, when I lived in Berkeley, I'd buy (raw) Korean chestnuts. It sounds like you are deep into exploring Korean cuisine and having fun. Italy is quite far from you, but I hope one day you'll be able to visit :)
green cabbage with honeynut squash and chestnuts / cavolo cappuccio con zucca e castagne
jump to Recipe fall flavors combine to make a delicious side dish (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Crying in H Mart a memoir by Michelle Zauner. In August 2018, the author had an essay published in The New Yorker magazine1 with the same title. I...
green cabbage with honeynut squash and chestnuts / cavolo cappuccio con zucca e castagne
Posted Nov 30, 2024 at briciole
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Hello Illy and thank you for stopping by my blog. I'm afraid I can't help you. I have never eaten at that restaurant so I can't even guess how they make their recipe.
"macaroni and cheese" al forno / baked macaroni and cheese
(a dish I thought I would never make — but I did, using my homemade cheese in it) The first time I listened to my husband wax poetic about Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, I knew he had a long way to go — food-wise. He has indeed gone a long way, and I have also progressed substantially in my cooki...
Thank you, Marg, and you're welcome :)
bean, tomato, sweet pepper and corn salad / insalata di fagioli, pomodori, peperoni dolci e mais
jump to Recipe bright colors and flavors on the plate (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd1. The novel is set in South Carolina in 1964. Young Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped by her mother's death and ...
Thank you, Claudia. All's well here :)
Thank you Wendy. Tiburon is a beautiful place, charming even when it's not sunny :)
bean, tomato, sweet pepper and corn salad / insalata di fagioli, pomodori, peperoni dolci e mais
jump to Recipe bright colors and flavors on the plate (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd1. The novel is set in South Carolina in 1964. Young Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped by her mother's death and ...
Thank you, Cathy. I love these peppers as they are tasty and so easy to turn into a dish :)
shishito peppers with cheese / peperoni shishito col formaggio
jump to Recipe sweet and crunchy with a note of cheese (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Family Tree by Susan Wiggs1. The novel follow Annie as the life she thought was perfect shatters (physically, as she is the victim of a major accident, and em...
bean, tomato, sweet pepper and corn salad / insalata di fagioli, pomodori, peperoni dolci e mais
Posted Sep 30, 2024 at briciole
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I hope you find them, Wendy: they are a treat (addictive, though :)
shishito peppers with cheese / peperoni shishito col formaggio
jump to Recipe sweet and crunchy with a note of cheese (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Family Tree by Susan Wiggs1. The novel follow Annie as the life she thought was perfect shatters (physically, as she is the victim of a major accident, and em...
Once I cook some, I find it impossible to stop eating them. Cheese makes them even more addictive, Frank :)
shishito peppers with cheese / peperoni shishito col formaggio
jump to Recipe sweet and crunchy with a note of cheese (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Family Tree by Susan Wiggs1. The novel follow Annie as the life she thought was perfect shatters (physically, as she is the victim of a major accident, and em...
Thank you, Debra :)
I hope your garden is doing well, even without shishito peppers. I can only grow a variety of leaf lettuce and arugula.
shishito peppers with cheese / peperoni shishito col formaggio
jump to Recipe sweet and crunchy with a note of cheese (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Family Tree by Susan Wiggs1. The novel follow Annie as the life she thought was perfect shatters (physically, as she is the victim of a major accident, and em...
So glad your efforts are now rewarded with a nice harvest, Claudia. Besides being excellent, shishito peppers are also pretty :)
shishito peppers with cheese / peperoni shishito col formaggio
jump to Recipe sweet and crunchy with a note of cheese (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Family Tree by Susan Wiggs1. The novel follow Annie as the life she thought was perfect shatters (physically, as she is the victim of a major accident, and em...
shishito peppers with cheese / peperoni shishito col formaggio
Posted Jul 31, 2024 at briciole
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Thank you, Amy. Indeed! And it lends itself to variations, like using spinach instead of escarole :)
mixed vegetables with thyme / verdure miste al timo
jump to Recipe mixed vegetable with thyme (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge1. In post-war Paris, a woman is found murdered in the basement of the building where Paul and Julia Child live, and...
Thank you, Deb :)
Thank you, Wendy :)
I have not heard about electroculture gardening, Claudia: thank you for telling me about it. Good luck with your experiments :)
mixed vegetables with thyme / verdure miste al timo
jump to Recipe mixed vegetable with thyme (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge1. In post-war Paris, a woman is found murdered in the basement of the building where Paul and Julia Child live, and...
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mixed vegetables with thyme / verdure miste al timo
Posted May 31, 2024 at briciole
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They are a delicious match, Wendy. You're welcome: I am glad you enjoyed the book :)
skillet-cooked asparagus with eggs / asparagi in padella con le uova
jump to Recipe a simple combination, a delicious dish (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley1. This was my first time not only choosing a graphic memoir (or novel) for our Club, but also reading one. I tho...
So nice to have those recipes and the memories that go with them! I've never tried to us oatmeal in my chocolate cookies: with walnuts too, I can imagine the aroma in the kitchen when they bake. Thank you so much for your contribution to this edition of Cook the Books Club :)
My Mother's Chocolate Chip Cookies are Still the Best
Cooking with my mother in her kitchen was among the best activities of my childhood. As her helper, I got to participate by measuring mostly, then graduating to mixing and churning ingredients in bowls and pans. The biggest thing, and most childhood helpers would probably agree, was observ...
skillet-cooked asparagus with eggs / asparagi in padella con le uova
Posted Mar 31, 2024 at briciole
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winter squash and beans / zucca e fagioli
Posted Mar 9, 2024 at briciole
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