A good recipe for warmish weather. Veal Piccata or veal with lemon juice 8 slices veal (thin) Juice of 1 lemon 1 tbsp parsely 1 cup flour 1 tbsp margarine or butter Get thin slices of veal, pass them in flour. In a (you guessed it) non-stick frying pan, put […]

This is Marcella Hazan’s recipe. She prepared it for lunch on the terrace outside the lovely, antique-filled top-floor apartment she and her husband, Victor, share in the Cannaregio district of Venice. The Hazan’s served the quail with polenta. Sauteed rabbit with herbs 2 rabbits, cut in serving pieces 4 sprigs […]

Here is hearty peasant fare from Treviso and the mountains north of Venice. “Dishes for the poor take longer to cook,” Francesco observes. The pigeon soup enriched with bread is a second-day bonus using leftovers or extra pigeons (or ducks, for that matter) that have been sautéed or roasted. “This […]