Italy on a Plate - The Week in Italian Food: 10-2-2010

 

The week in Italian food is looking tasty.  Recipes for preserving the last of your summer vegetables, eggplants and red peppers, and other recipes that would make marvelous four-course meals.  Eating Italy takes us all around the boot, with food stories from the Dolomites to a review of the CousCous Festival in Sicily. I hope you enjoy and Buon Appetito!

 

My Top 10 Italian Recipes from around the web this week: 

• Joanne from Frutto della Passione shows us how easy it is to preserve eggplant and make them a year-round treat with Melanzane sott'olio

• From Snooth, Risotto al Barolo: Two Versions of the Piedmont Classic - and they suggest wines to pair with them

• Full of end of summer flavors Giuliano Hazan makes Penne with Peppers, Fresh Tomato and Basil from Educated Palate

• Deb of Italian Food Forever, makes another mouthwatering dish, Chestnut Pasta with Creamy Porcini Mushroom Sauce
  

• Frank gives us a lesson on braising octopus with this dish: Polpetielli Affogati (Drowned Octopus) from Memorie di Angelina

• Un Dejeuner de Soleil makes scrumptious Gnocchi Verdi alla Romana (Roman-Style Green Gnocchi)

• Classic Sicilian dish: Involtini Pesce di Spada (Swordfish Rolls) on Sicily Guide

• Bustrengo - Polenta and Apple Cake from Italian Food Notes

• An easy and elegant Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake) from Proud Italian Cook

• What to do with all those red peppers? Make Chili Jam  to go with strong Sicilian cheese from Love Sicily
  

 

Eating Italy:

• Tuula from Le Petit France Blog gives us a taste of chocolate from the Eurochocolate Festival in Perugia on The Travel Belles

• Wine and beautiful photos of the terraced vineyards in the Cinque Terre: Sciacchetra - Wine of the Cinque Terre from Liguria Bella

• Photos from the CousCous Festival in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily from Eat Like a Girl

• La Pasta: Popular Pasta Shapes and Types is a fantastic post with everything you wanted to know about the shapes, names and types of pasta from Aglio, Olio & Pepperoncino

• Along with behind-the-scene photos of restaurant kitchens in Italy and lovely dishes, Cellar Tours names its Ten Best Female Chefs in Northern Italy

•  Tales of hiking the Dolomites for Michelin-starred meals in Italy: Taking a meal to new heights

Upcoming Food and Wine Festivals and Events:

• Chocoholics in Italy: Eurochocolate in Perugia October 15-24

• Four days of food celebration in Turin at the Salone Del Gusto October 21-25

• List of Fall Food Festivals in Emilia Romagna

• La Bonnissima - Festival Del Gusto celebrates the products of Modena from October 22 to 24.

• More chocolate for us chocoholics: Cioccolato in Piazza, a chocolate fest in the town of Carpi November 5-7.

• The candy Northern Italians associate with Christmas, torrone, has its own festival -  Torrone Festival in Cremona is November 19 - 21.

• A magical event that I would recommend attending at least once in your life, Carnevale di Venezia happens from February 26 - March 8, 2011
  

 

Related Posts:

Caramel Gelato and Favorite Gelato Spots in Rome

Gianduja Budino and a Chocolate Pass in Turin

Tiramisu and other Italian Sweets

The Dish from Italy and Liguria - Fish Ravioli in a Seafood Sauce

Crimini Mushroom Ravioli with a Lemon Cream Sauce

Comments

[Paula]

Unfortunately, the photo of the ravioli doesn't come off well on Facebook. Maybe use the other photo as the thumbnail. ;-)

[Tuula]

Oh, I am just so happy about your weekly round-up! Wish I could go to ANY of the above festivals...the Salone del Gusto would be excellent...not to mention chocolate in Carpi - so many fantastic choices. Thanks for including me as well, just dreaming of going back to Perugia - maybe next year :) cheers! Tuula

[Food Lover Kathy]

Tuula -- Thank you so much. I like putting these posts together. Yes, on my Italy "bucket list" is spending the Fall and Winter traveling around to the different food festivals. And, for those of us that won't make it to Eurochocolate this year, you gave us a great glimpse into it.

[Eleonora]

Grazie so much for including me in this fab roundup!!

Off to meeting new and wonderful fellow bloggers on your comprehensive list.

Baci,
E xx

[Joanne at Frutto della Passione]

Thanks again for the blog love. I love seeing round ups like this because it gives me a chance to visit bloggers that I might miss!

[Kathy]

Joanne: You're very welcome. I love your recipes, so I'm sure I'll be adding you to future roundups. That was exactly my thinking when I created this: a collection of blog posts and online information about the food and wine in Italy each week.

[Noelle Dineen]

Your recipes are so amazing! I love eating Italian foods and this one's makes me wanna feel hungry again. I also love to eat clean and healthy dishes so that I can live longer and be able to taste different countries' delicacies.