There was a request earlier this weekend “for pizza featuring tomatoes.” I’d pictured one of those “pizza margheritas,” but I always like a little more sauce than plain tomatoes. I started with Hanover tomatoes and roasted them in a 250 degree oven for 2 hours to a) remove the skins, and b) reduce some of the […]
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Piedmont.
Piedmont is located on Foster Street in downtown Durham, North Carolina. As the pictures will attest, they believe in “locavore” dining. The menu was a difficult proposition. Everything on the menu looked appetizing, from the appetizers, through fig-accompanied cheese, pastas, and down to the most simple of salads with local greens. Located in a former […]
Filed in: Italian Restaurant Review
Caffe Peroni
Situated on Main Street in downtown South Boston, VA is CafĂ© Peroni, which has been on the scene for about a year. While this is full-service restaurant, with a excellent view through its large windows of Main Street, I am sorry to say we only sampled a very small portion of their offerings on multiple […]
Filed in: Italian Restaurant Review
A Favorite Sandwich
It has been too long since I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Coppola’s Deli on Cary Street in Richmond. My favorite sandwich is their “true Italian hero,” a simple sandwich on great bread featuring prosciutto di parma, mozzarella cheese, and pickled red sweet peppers. I usually salt the cheese, and I’d kill for a little EVOO, […]
Filed in: Italian Restaurant Review
Casserole of Ziti
Again, inspired by Mark Bittman, I made my own baked ziti recipe, this one deliciously rich with the use of dried porcini mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and a three-cheese blend with tomato sauce. The picture looks this way because I was having too much fun after midnight in Photoshop, attempting to make this photo look old. It’s […]
Filed in: In the Kitchen Italian
