Skip to main content

Posts

Featured

So, about that whole pizzoccheri situation

Un breve catalogo of good things to eat Right. A couple of :: checks watch :: years ago, I was watching my good friend* Stanley Tucci roam around Italy and eat things, which is where I learned about pizzoccheri for the first time . This kicked off a slow, rambling dig for more information about pizzoccheri the dish, pizzoccheri the pasta, buckwheat in northern Italy, and general 16th century food culture in the Piemonte and Lombard regions of Italy, which has led to a lot of vague, hand-wavy statements** and very few citations to follow up on, but I've been chipping away at it, here and there, when I remember and as time allows. * Note: I have never met Stanley Tucci (yet), and we are not friends (yet) - in case his lawyers see this. ** You'll hear me say this a lot. Imagine it in your head with me sounding very annoyed, because I absolutely am. Progress has been made Finally , after much searching and gnashing of teeth at the absolute unwillingness of people to cite their godd

Latest posts

That partlet I've been thinking about forever

What I plan to do on my Summer vacation

Riding in Cars with Swedes: Double Wars Edition

Riding in Cars With Swedes: Secret-keeping Laurels edition

Another year over...

Riding in Cars with Swedes: Ferry Edition

Can't stop, won't stop

Never let anyone dull your sparkle

Riding in Cars with Swedes (the people, not the vegetable): First in a series

Everyday Italian: My current obsession