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Crazy Good Italian

September 12, 2023 janet@janetfletcher.com
Peppers & Mozzarella Flaky Tart from Italy by Ingredient by Viola Buitoni

Photo credit: Molly Decoudreaux

If you love Italy and Italian food (everyone on board?), you’re going to love Viola Buitoni’s new book, Italy by Ingredient. A native of Rome, Buitoni is now a cooking teacher in San Francisco with a devoted following (which includes me). She comes from food aristocracy—the family behind Buitoni pasta and Perugina chocolates—but her cooking is rustic and original, prizing fine ingredients over fancy technique. Ricotta and mozzarella are among her must-haves in the kitchen, and she has some tantalizing ideas for using them.

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Tags Viola Buitoni, Italian cooking, ricotta, mozzarella, Italy by Ingredient, Italian cookbook, Italian desserts
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Give That Cheese a Bath

August 30, 2022 janet@janetfletcher.com
Mozzarella and Tomato Salad

Mozzarella is a flavor sponge. It readily soaks up good stuff like extra virgin olive oil and garlic, so why not give it a little bath on Labor Day? Ciliegine, the cherry-size balls, are perfect for marinating. They’re bite sized, you can serve them whole so they don’t release whey, and it doesn’t take long to infuse them with seasonings. (Say chili-eh-GEE-neh.) I add dried oregano, parsley, Aleppo pepper and capers, but you do you. Taken to a potluck or at your own backyard barbecue, these juicy, garlicky one-bite wonders will vanish before the burgers are done.

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In From: Italy, From: U.S., Milk: Cow, Milk: Water Buffalo Tags mozzarella, ciliegine, marinated cheese, Crave Brothers, Wisconsin cheese, American Cheese Society, Labor Day recipes, antipasto
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The True (Maybe) Origin Story of Insalata Caprese

July 19, 2022 janet@janetfletcher.com
Insalata Caprese

This summer marks the 96th birthday of the insalata caprese. A near-century of mozzarella, tomatoes and basil—the salad that sends fresh mozzarella sales spiking in summer. Someone had to invent this beloved combination, and if you believe the story I’m about to recount, the dish was conceived as an act of rebellion.

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In Milk: Water Buffalo, From: Italy Tags insalata caprese, caprese salad, Hotel Quisisana, mozzarella, fresh mozzarella, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
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Spring Look for Insalata Caprese

April 12, 2022 janet@janetfletcher.com

My friend Joanne Weir, the television personality, came up with this genius idea for a spring riff on tomato and mozzarella salad. After all, it’s not tomato season. It’s asparagus, fava bean and pea season. So leave those mealy, flavorless red orbs for someone else and give your Caprese salad a fresh look for spring. What a light, simple salad for Easter and spring dinner parties to come. Thank you, Joanne!

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In From: U.S., Milk: Cow, From: Italy, Milk: Water Buffalo Tags mozzarella, insalata caprese, caprese salad, Easter recipes, spring salad
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