Viola’s Italian Kitchen

Welcome to my blog and to my kitchen.

Stay a while and discover the flavors of traditions and trends in the cooking of modern day Italy.

Open the kitchen to your inner Italian and learn with me uncomplicated everyday dishes …

ANTIPASTI

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Cooking in Italy: when in Rome, do zucchini like the Romans

Tomato girl, part 2

Summer cooking: Insalata di Riso Cold rice salad

The 12 days of Natale, recipes for the Italian holiday table. Day 6 & 7: baccalà

The 12 days of Natale, recipes for the Italian holiday table. Day 3: puntarelle alla romana

My week in Italian politics

Cooking in Italy: pane cunzatu

The comfort of anchovies

Winter holidays fare: baby octopus and calamari salad

Dinner tonight: potato and calamari salad

Feeding the Revolution

Mamma in my kitchen

PRIMI

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Cooking in Italy: pasta for a jet lagged crowd

Waste not want not, leftovers from an Italian Christmas

The 12 days of Natale, recipes for the Italian holiday table. Day 8: pici al tartufo nero

The 12 days of Natale, recipes for the Italian holiday table. Day 2: Tortelli di Silvia al baccalà e ceci

The 12 days of Natale, recipes for the Italian holiday table. Day 1: Timballo di pasta

Greek inspiration: burnt wheat pasta with pecans, sage, lemon and feta

The comfort of anchovies

My Italian Thanksgiving: tortelli or risotto. Or maybe both...

Brasato in red wine part II

Because you asked: breakfast treats and fresh pasta

Want to learn how to make bread and bone marrow gnocchi this Sunday?

Late summer pasta: fresh tomatoes and ricotta salata

Back in San Francisco: saffron spaghetti with sardines sauce and upcoming classes

Cooking in Italy: spaghetti mediterraneo-fresh anchovies, cherry tomatoes and arugula

Italian summer cooking: tonnarelli with mullet and tomato sauce

SECONDI

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Happy Holiday Table!

Classic Italian: Chicken Cacciatore

Discover hydroponic waterboarding, travel to Italy and eat tomatoes filled with rice and basil

For Susan: fegato alla veneziana Liver in the style of Venice

Pollo alle Olive ~ Chicken with Olives

Greens of spring: scafata or vignarola?

The 12 days of Natale, recipes for the Italian holiday table. Day 9: polpo

The 12 days of Natale, recipes for the Italian holiday table. Day 5: cappone bollito con 2 salse

The 12 days of Natale, recipes for the Italian holiday table. Day 1: Timballo di pasta

March 19: saints, fathers and oxtails

More Italian Thanksgiving: chestnuts, porcini and sausage stuffing

Lamb and Lake Trasimeno beans stew

Italian summer cooking: moscardini and cicale di mare

Fear of flying, roast chicken and marriage

Swordfish of love

Swordfish of love

DOLCI

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Summer fruit: apricot and noyeaux tarts

For Lucia: gianduja and salted hazelnuts crostata

Buon Natale ~ Happy Christmas

My week in Italian politics

Cooking in Italy: Chocolate on my sandals

Blogblock no more! Caramel walnut tart with chocolate ganache

Truffles and chocolates

Reluctantly baking: tarts of winter

Yoga breakfast for friends: goat yogurt, brown sugar and almond loafcake

Thanksgiving dessert: pears in crust with Baci and amaretti

Food to make one happy: brownies with Baci

Because you asked: breakfast treats and fresh pasta

Cooking in Italy: chocolate, coffee, cherry liquor and a bit of history

A summer tart or The importance of being Lewis

COCKTAILS

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The 12 days of Natale, recipes for the Italian holiday table. Day 4: Bellini invernale speziato alle pere

Feeding the Revolution