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Stuffed Cabbage, Italian-Style

The long marathon of Jewish Holiday ends each Fall with Simchat Torah: on this day, all the Torah scrolls are removed from the ark and paraded around the synagogue while people dance and sing around...

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Puff Strudel with Chocolate, Hazelnuts and Pears (Sfogliata al Gianduja e Pere)

The combination of hazelnuts and chocolate is wildly popular in Italy – I’m sure you have heard of Nutella!  The original version is Gianduja – a concoction made of chocolate and hazelnuts invented in...

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Baccalà Mantecato – Salt Cod Mousse

This article and recipe appeared in The Jewish Daily Forward – to read them, click here The post Baccalà Mantecato – Salt Cod Mousse appeared first on Dinner in Venice.

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Thanksgiving Cornmeal Cake from the Veneto

It was eight years ago, just a few months after moving to the City, that I experienced my first Manhattan Thanksgiving: ironically, I ended up celebrating the quintessential American holiday at an...

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Pagine Ebraiche- Italian Jewish Publication

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Fried Chicken Cutlets, Italian-Jewish Style – by Jayne Cohen

Today I have a very special surprise for you: a guest post by my friend Jayne Cohen, a food writer and expert whose passion for Italy and its cuisine should earn her an honorary Italian passport....

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Rebecchini – Fried Polenta Sandwiches

Rebecchini- Fried Polenta Sandwiches Maize polenta is creamy, delicious and filling, and for centuries represented the main staple in the poor, everyday cuisine of a large part of Northern Italy. Once...

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Prosecco and White Grape Risotto

If you read my previous post about our New Year’s traditions, you know about the importance that Italians place upon some food symbols of plenty. This occasionally verges on the superstitious, and on...

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Venetian Jewish Fish Balls

  In spite of the many tourist traps that give Venice, and many other popular destinations, a bad rep, if you have a chance to spend some quiet days there you will appreciate how the absence of cars...

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Frisinsal – Pharaoh’s Wheel

 For this article and recipe in The Forward, click here   For this article and recipe in The Forward, click here The post Frisinsal – Pharaoh’s Wheel appeared first on Dinner in Venice.

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Bocca di dama with Orange Caramel

Whenever I bite into this delicious almond cake, I can’t help but wonder about the origins of its name: Bocca di Dama means “Lady’s Mouth” in Italian. Was a romantic baker in love with a beautiful...

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Naughty Potato Chocolate Budino

I can’t claim to have ever been the “meat and potato” type in the classic sense – someone who prefers them to vegetables, or even fools herself into thinking they are one. No, thank you: as a side,...

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Sweet-and-Sour Seder Carrots

Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is an eight-day (seven in Israel) holiday that celebrates freedom, by retelling the story of the ancient Israelites’ liberation from Egypt. Special symbolic foods are...

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Passover Almond Custards – Scodelline

While eating matzah (unleavened bread) during Passover is a commandment, eating too much of it could turn into a curse. I won’t go into details here, but by the time you serve dessert at the end of...

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Baccalà Mantecato – Salt Cod Mousse

This article and recipe appeared in The Jewish Daily Forward – to read them, click here The post Baccalà Mantecato – Salt Cod Mousse appeared first on Dinner in Venice.

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Thanksgiving Cornmeal Cake from the Veneto

It was eight years ago, just a few months after moving to the City, that I experienced my first Manhattan Thanksgiving: ironically, I ended up celebrating the quintessential American holiday at an...

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Italian Lamb Fricassee

In French, the term Fricassee refers to some kind of stew, usually with a white sauce, in which cut-up meat is first sauteed and then slow-cooked  with the addition of liquid. However, ask any...

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Italian Grilled Vegetables

After almost twenty years in America, I have come to terms with the fact that here barbecue is an expression of national pride. Barbecue expresses American identity through food as accurately as jazz...

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Grilled Vegetable Chicken Salad

    “Interesting” salads are not exactly what Italian food is famous for, I know. However, some time in the 1980es, when I was a high school student, many firms and stores in Italy gave up...

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Zucchini Flower and Strawberry Savory Tart

Seven years ago, when I was planning my wedding and the florist asked me what I would like to put in my bouquet, I joked that my favorite flowers are those that I can eat. If I ever end up stranded...

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