The history of the Torta Caprese I love a rich moist dark chocolate cake and there’s none better than this classic Torta Caprese - Chocolate Almond Cake - from the exquisite island of Capri. There are lots of stories about where the original recipe comes from but the history that makes the most sense to...
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Parboiled Baby Turnips Sautéed in Olive Oil and Garlic
Springtime is the perfect moment to find beautiful baby turnips. You won’t always find them in the market but when you do grab them and whip up this delicious Parboiled Baby Turnips Sautéed in Olive Oil and Garlic dish. You may think turnips don’t appeal to you and that their flavor is too strong: think again!...
Homemade Blackberry Jam
The first year we made homemade blackberry jam Maurizio picked the berries and I did the cooking and canning. Blackberries have so many seeds which we find unpleasant in jams and tarts so I decided to remove them. It's a laborious, time consuming task and I cursed myself the whole way through making the jam...
Fennel, Orange & Olive Salad
There's nothing like the fresh crunchy flavor of fennel bulbs and they're a perfect ingredient in this fennel, sliced orange and olive salad. I put fennel in just about any kind of salad; use a [amazon_textlink asin='B0779C3FFX' text='mandolin' template='ProductLink' store='flavorofita02-20' marketplace='US' link_id='35dcd2df-2174-41d0-976a-226f4fa5dac7'] to slice fennel paper thin for your salad. Fennel tends to turn brown...
Preserved Lemons
Our lemon trees are wonderfully generous. Every year they produce far more lemons than we could ever use for lemonade, desserts, or even batches of homemade limoncello. So I'm always looking for new ways to make the most of their incredible fruit.I first discovered preserved lemons while visiting San Francisco, and it was love at...
