talk of tomatoes
Blog URL http://www.talkoftomatoes.com
Located Seattle, Washington USA
Tags recipes, family food, florence Italy, culinary school, default dinners, easy appetizers, food blog, tomatoes, food gifts
I blog about FOOD, with a nod toward busy schedules (freezer meals, easy apps), my love for 'how-to' (notes from culinary school), and favorite family entrees (affectionately referred to as 'default dinners').
Latest Blog Posts
- snacks revisited on Nov 18, 2009 in snacks talk of food honey nutella
It is interesting when you revamp your environment (e.g. going abroad for a year), to see what adjustments we make in our eating and cooking habits. In Florence, I find myself converting measurements such as kilograms, pints, liters and grams, Celsiu...
- my fashion faux pas meal on Nov 16, 2009 in holidays just talk menus chicken recipe white menu
As in: no white shoes before Easter, loose the leg warmers and satin is out. This meal is all wrong. I learned in cooking school that it is important to consider the combination of foods on a given plate. In other words, what are the varying textures...
- Nuovo Olio in Tuscany (new oil, old oil and oil tasting) on Nov 12, 2009 in sauce talk of food talk of places talk of products frantoio nuovo olio olive oil olive oil tasting olive orchard Villa Torre Rossa
Sigh. I have been smiling since yesterday; we went to a frantoio. A frantoio is a an olive-oil pressing facility/palazzo. It is the olive oil version of a winery. October and November represent the time frame where olives are shaken or combed off tre...
- I can do it in 3 ingredients… on Nov 10, 2009 in default dinners entrees 4 ingredients chicken recipe restaurant review
I didn’t want to cook tonight. I had gone on an interview, cleaned the house, plugged away on the computer, hit the grocer, enjoyed the Florentine sunshine… and it was just ‘one of those nights.’ I am finding my rhythm include...
- sangria, and the pitchers they live in. on Nov 3, 2009 in budget savvy drinks sangria sangria pitcher tuscan pottery
The truth is, sangria was a recipe that landed on my blog a few years ago. I make it often, as it adds a festive punch (ah, love the puns) to any meal. AND since I am in Italy, it is an appropriate twist on a weekday table wine. Besides tasting lovel...
- my italian kitchen on Nov 2, 2009 in just talk firenze florence focaccia
Ciao! It has been awhile, I know. I confess, I have been blogging more on our family blog (www.familyfrolics.com) than I have here. Mostly because my chatter has been more about travel—from our year abroad—than about food. Most of my pos...
- 3 things about… on Aug 11, 2009 in just talk about me arugula favorite things
I get a kick out of little memes; mostly I ignore them but sometimes they cause me to giggle knowingly, or learn something new about a new or long-standing friend. This one about ‘3 things’ was sent my way from my friend Alisa at One Frug...
