Welcome back to the week in Italian food. As Christmas and end-of-the-year holidays are officially over with the coming of La Befana and the Epiphany, recipes this week turn to comfort foods to get us through the winter and until the next holiday: Carnival. Lots of soups are included in this week's links, and then there are a few other comfort foods and two desserts to start out the year. Enjoy & Buon Appetito!
My Choice for This Week's Top 10 Italian Food Recipes:
Cazzilli - Crocche di Patate - Manus Menu
Lentil Soup with Turkey & Shrimp Polpette - Volevo Fare lo Chef (Italian & English)
Minestra Maritata - Napoli Unplugged
Ribollita - Under the Tuscan Gun
Lentil Soup with Italian Chicken Sausage - Scordo
Polenta Taragna - Quatro Fromaggio and Other Disgraces on the Menu
Biancomangiare: The Art of Renaissance Comfort Food - Emiko Davies
Lasagne alla Bolognese - Due Spaghetti
Chocolate Salami - Italian Food Forever
Ciambellone: A Favorite Cake to Welcome the New Year - Domenica Cooks
Eating Italy:
The Befana Comes by Night - i-Italy
Beautiful Liguria Meets Puglia Cuisine - Beautiful Liguria
Bakery in Rome: Sicilia e duci - Browsing Rome
Poggio di Sotto 2006 Rosso di Montalcino - Do Bianchi
Upcoming Food and 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:
Coda alla Vaccinara - Roman Style Oxtail Stew
Pasta alla Genovese and Other Classic Neapolitan Sauces
Pizza Lover's Odyssey in Naples
Da Danilo - Delicious Dining in Rome
Cozze alla Marinara - Neapolitan Style Mussels
Pugliese Pasta: Sagne Ncannulate Schiattariciati
The Art of Making Pasta by Hand - Pugliese Pasta Lesson with an Italian Nonna
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Zaletti: that is one thing I should try making soon. Thanks for the reminder ;)
Posted by: Simona | January 08, 2012 at 09:40 PM
The top picture-i maritati. Did you post a recipe for this? Looked in your recipe archives but didn't find it.
Posted by: Susan Schultz | January 09, 2012 at 03:44 AM
I always look forward to your weekly roundups, Kathy. So many delicious finds. Thank you for including my ciambellone post. Ti auguro un buon anno!
Posted by: domenicacooks | January 09, 2012 at 08:59 AM
Yum yum - I have some mashed potato in the fridge - what nicer idea than croquettes :)
Posted by: Ingrid | January 09, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Thanks Kathy for mentioning my Polenta. It's always a big honor to be listed among such great blogs!
Posted by: Quatrofromaggio | January 09, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Oh, that cake is so pretty!! And the Lentil Soup with Italian Chicken Sausage sounds so cozy and delicious.
Posted by: Krista | January 09, 2012 at 02:14 PM
Thanks for the mention, Kathy. What a great collection of recipes this week! Love the photo of the Scialatielli, too - it makes us want to hop on a flight and head straight for the Amalfi Coast.
Posted by: Duespaghetti | January 09, 2012 at 06:56 PM
Simona - Agree with you on the zaletti.
Susan - I haven't yet posted that recipe, but look for a recipe and description of i maritati soon!
Domenica - Auguri di buon anno nuovo anche a te! :D
Paolo (Quatrofromaggio) - You're very welcome. I really enjoy your recipes.
Krista - Doesn't it all sound so good?!
Duespaghetti - You're welcome. About any photo from Italy, especially Campania, makes me want to hop on a flight, so I completely understand.
Posted by: Kathy | January 17, 2012 at 07:47 PM