Well yes, the artichoke can be intimidating, and it requires a little dextrity in both preparing it and eating. But the rewards are great. I was always a little perplexed that in the East Coast artichokes were so little known, while in California, if you travel from Monterey down south there are fields and fields […]
The name may be misleading, because these are not the typical “gnocchi” made from potatoes. These elegant dish is called Gnocchi Roman Style, or more appropriately “Semolina Gnocchi” because that is what they are in fact. Semolina Flour This flour looks like the yellow corn flour used for polenta, but it isn’t. However, this flour […]
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