Italy on a Plate - The Week in Italian Food: Jan 1, 2011

 

I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season and your New Year started off well.  After a very relaxing bit of time off from the blog and life in general, I still feel a bit in the Christmas spirit.  The first of this year's Italy on a Plate is here. It looks like others have a little lingering Christmas spirit also because we have a few Christmas dessert recipes, many pasta dishes, and some rare & possibly unheard of regional specialties from Abruzzo & Tuscany.  In Eating Italy, there is a seasonal food calendar for Rome (along with suggestions on where to go), a few other best of 2011 posts from around Italy and more.  Buon Anno Nuovo & Buon Appetito!

 

 

 

My Choice for This Week's Top 10 Italian Food Recipes:

 

Artusi's December: Ricotta Tortelli - Emiko Davies

Parmigiano Reggiano Fagottini in Chicken Broth - Manu's Menu

Corzetti Stampati agli Spinaci con Gorgonzola - The Front Burner

Orecchiette con le Cime di Rapa - Loved the story behind this recipe about recreating a mother-in-law's special recipe (an Italian mother-in-law at that) - Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome

Tortellini - Memorie di Angelina

Timballo alla Teramana - A Cook's Landscape - Life in Abruzzo

Fagliolini al Fiasco - Beans Cooked in a Bottle - Foodwise

Croccanti - Briciole

Il Frustingo (Traditional Christmas dessert from Le Marche) - Cime di Rapa (in Italian & English)

Nucatoli - Rubber Slippers in Italy

 

 

 

 

Eating Italy:

Happy 2012 with a season food calendar (A monthly calendar of what to eat in Rome & where) - Tavole Romane

Life, Death and the Best Truckstop Restaurant in Italy - Gadling

Best Bites in Rome, 2011 Edition - Parla Food

Turin Lights and a Bicherin to Ring in the New Year - Bella Baita View

Forti del Vento: Capovia "A New Beginning" - Itali Anna

Best Meals 2011: Le Logge (Siena) - I'm loving all of Jeremy's "best meals" series of posts, but this stood out the most - Do Bianchi

Panettoni Artigianali - (5 places in Rome to get the best artisan Panetonni) - Puntarella Rossa (in Italian)

David & Greg - Getting staunch French wine lovers to drink Italian wines - The American in Italia

A Christmas Sweet from Umbria: Attorta - Umbria on the Blog

Pizza Break: Naples by Way of Rome - Young in Rome

Family Lunch in Naples - Browsing Rome

Wining and Dining with Frescobaldi - Freya's Florence

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Food & Wine Festivals in Italy:

Cioccolentino 2012 - February 10 to 14, 2012 - Terni - Chocolate festival and more in the Umbrian town half way between Rome and Perugia

Fiera del Cioccolato Artigianale - February 10 to 19, 2012 - Florence - Artisanl chocolate festival

Carnevale di Venezia -February 11 to 21, 2012 - Venice - Not really a food and wine festival, but it is a festival, one where the entire floating city becomes a stage, that one should attend at least once in a life time.

Cioccola-To - March 2 to 11, 2012 - Turin - Italian chocolates & more, with a focus on the chocolatiers of Turin, fill the Piazza Vittorio Veneto.

VinItaly - March 25 to 28, 2012 - Verona - Italy's largest wine exposition

Events in Tuscany - Site listing many events throughout Tuscany, and not only food and wine

Events in the Langhe area of Piedmont - Site from the Alba Tourist office listing many festivals, mostly wine & food, happening in the Langhe area of Piedmont

 

 

 

Related Posts:

Tastiest Tales of 2011

Pasta all' Amatriciana

Da Danilo - Delicious Dining in Rome

Pasta alla Genovese and Other Classic Neapolitan Sauces at Citta del Gusto

Traditional Salentine Dishes at Locanda Rivoli in Lecce

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Joan Schmelzle]

Hello,
I thoroughly enjoy your newsletter, especially the week in Italian Food. I'm amazed at the number of different blogs you provide links to. I would love to be able to subscribe to them all, but I fear I already spend too much time on my computer including much about Italy. I love the country and have been there 12 or 13 times over the past 50 years. Your newsletter helps me connect again. I am grateful.

[Kathy]

Joan - Thank you for the very kind comment. I'm so glad you enjoy Italy on a Plate. You've nailed the reason I compile this list of links to Italian food. Each week I hope to "reconnect" those who love Italian food with the many great Italian food posts from around the web. So glad you enjoy it!