Today we covered the region of Liguria (capital city: Genoa), located just below the region of Piedmont. It is a small region, but the only one to include both the alps and the coast. Liguria is often referred to as the ‘riviera’ of Italy due to it’s expansive coastline and handsome scenery, making for a [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
Week 31, Day 2: Italian 2
Today we covered the region of Lombardy (capital city: Milan), directly to the east of Piedmont. It is the most populated region in Italy and also considered to be one of the richest provinces in all of Europe. Rice is a very important crop throughout all of northern Italy and in some places, is actually [...]
Week 31, Day 1: Italian 1
For 2 days a week over the next 6 weeks, we will be covering regional Italian cooking in great detail. On each day, we’ll learn about the specialties and characteristics of a specific region, beginning here with Piedmont, which is located in the Northwest corner of the country. The name Piedmont roughly translates to ‘foot [...]
A new year, a new career
As I wrote about in my end of 2009 update and in previous posts, the wringing-in of 2010 marked the end of one chapter in my career and the beginning of an exciting new adventure for me. Upon returning to Boston after my west coast adventure, motivated by my recent unemployed status and desire to [...]
Granola
In an effort to add some variety and new flavors to our daily breakfasts, the wife and I took inspiration from an episode of Good Eats that featured homemade interpretations of power bars and granola. I unfortunately can’t take any credit for this tasty granola recipe, it’s all Alton Brown’s handiwork: here’s a link to [...]
Week 30, Day 1: Fusion 2
The home stretch is here! After enjoying more than a month off, the final 6 weeks of class begin tomorrow. After these classes, I have final exams and then I am officially done with my culinary school program. Pretty crazy stuff…it has really flown by. As I was preparing my camera to be called into [...]
Rice and Beans
Rice and Beans is a dish that means so much to so many different people across so many different cultures. It is the ultimate ‘staple’ dish, the ultimate meal for those on a budget and one of the first ‘super meals’, with the rice and beans together forming a dish that is an excellent source of protein, [...]
Highlights from the West Coast
For the wife and I, much of our life revolves around food. We love food. We love to cook, we love to eat and we love to talk about food, so naturally, whenever we travel somewhere, we always spend a ton of time trying to figure out where and what the locals eat. Upon arriving [...]
