Cooking with nonna and the benefits of healthy food
Nonna
Benefits and Tradition are in That Glass of Red Wine
No one can tell you better than our elders how good and healthy having a glass of red wine with your meal is; now science confirms it.
Parsley
Planting, growing and use of Parsley.
Chicken Soup
The hot chicken soup as a way to treat cold virus and to take comfort at its smell.
Tomatoes
Nonna’s homemade tomato sauce bubbled on the stove like an eternal volcano; the familiar and mouthwatering aroma of her sauce welcomed us to her home.
Mustard Greens
How to grow and cook mustard greens Italian style
Coffee
History and curiosities about one of the most popular drinks in the world, the coffee.
Use of Herbs
Natural herbal remedies
Mint
Just hearing the words “fresh mint” on a warm summer day and my mind conjures up the southern symbol of hospitality, a lengthy sprig of green mint submerged in frosty tumblers or icy silver cups of cool mint juleps. Later, when the cold weather rolls around and the holiday season […]
Eggplant Relish: Melanzane
A smorgasbord of beneficial ingredients Garlic was grandma’s favorite herb. Her eggplant relish is a veritable smorgasbord of beneficial ingredients which, of course, includes garlic. Everyone knows about garlic’s pungent flavor, and is well aware of this bulbous perennial’s reputation. But to grandma, the garlic was irreplaceable. A relative of […]