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September 5th is National Cheese Pizza Day, honoring the original modern pizza, the Margherita. It was named after Queen Margherita, consort to Umberto I, King of Italy from 1878–1900. As the story goes, during a visit to Naples, she asked the best pizza maker in town, Don Raffaele, to make her a pie. He made…
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Ratatouille (rah-tah-TWEE) is a vegetable side dish that originated in the Provence region of France. The classic recipe consists of sautéed eggplant, onions, tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini plus garlic and herbs. It is traditionally summer dish, when tomatoes, zucchini and yellow squash are plentiful and at peak. Ratatouille is delightfully colorful when you use red,…
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August 8th is National Zucchini Day. Last year, we featured the Spiralizer, a gadget that started the zucchini noodle craze by making it easy to make long pasta-like strands from firm vegetables, along with a recipe for Zucchini Pasta With Crab. The concept took off in the media and in kitchens across the country. Who…
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In this Mediterranean medley, pasta combines with artichoke hearts and olives in a light dressing of extra virgin olive oil and lemon. Or is it an artichoke and olive salad with pasta? Either way, this main dish, which can be served hot or cold, is layered with flavor. You can use leftover, unsauced pasta or…
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[1] Pelmeni with Russia’s favorite herb, dill (photos #1 and 32 Amazon). [2] Meat stuffing in a pelmeni mold (photo Amazon). [3] Ready to cook (photo © Mums Prefer). [4] A package of Popkoff’s Pelmeni. Check out recipes here (photos #1 through #6 © Popkoff’s). [5] Pelmeni in miso soup. [8] Farmer’s cheese vareniki with…
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