May 122013
May 112013
Felicitazioni!… Hooray!… Toot-toot-toot!… Honk-honk!… Bing-bong!… Cling-clang! Bravissime, Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, my friends and photographers, for winning the culinary world’s 2013 cookbook Oscars for Canal House Cooks Everyday in the category of general cooking. If my readers don’t already know about Christopher (who, by the way, is a “she,” not a “he”) and Melissa, they might start by reading their new book’s foreward, by Julia Child as dictated to Amanda Hesser “from beyond”: I’ve been an enthusiastic admirer of Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton since they were at Saveur magazine in the 1990s; two forthright women on a […more…]
May 032013
My formative years were spent not only cooking alongside my Italian mother and aunts, immersed in beautiful food, but also, studying art. I love design especially–interior, graphic and fashion design, architecture… all of it. And so I feel excited to be teaming up with celebrated designer, Christopher Peacock, to kick off this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House, a quintessentially New York spectacle. Every year, the most acclaimed interior designers transform a grand Manhattan home into an exhibition of state-of-the- art interiors for the show. The idea was hatched in 1973 when several dedicated advocates of the Kips Bay Boys […more…]
May 022013
My children love the cozy family food I make, like Baked Clams with Bacon, Stuffed Squash Blossoms, Juicy Meatloaf with Red Wine Glaze, Braised Cauliflower Smothered with Scallions and Garlic, Nonna Clia’s Apple Cake, and other dishes that ooze comfort. After you make Mother breakfast in bed, cook her a luscious dinner following my clear and simple recipes while she curls up with a good book–and the aromas of Italian cooking drift through the house. At Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound, or your local bookstore. For information about Italian Home Cooking or any of my other award-winning cookbooks, see my website. […more…]