La Cucina Di Lidia: Recipes and Memories from Italy's Adriatic Coast
Sample Recipes from La Cucina Di Lidia: Recipes and Memories from Italy's Adriatic Coast
It’s the Tuscans who are known as mangia fagioli, or bean eaters, but the Istrians eat their share as well. Perhaps both regions i...
Every cook in our part of Istria had her own version of wild mushroom soup. This one was devised by my Great Aunt Santola, a widow, who ...
Peel and cut the onion in half and brown it over an open flame or under the broiler. For a more deeply colored stock, the meats and veget...
In a medium cast-iron saucepan or other heavy pot, bring all ingredients except the cornmeal to simmer over medium heat. Very slowly, be...
I tasted this dish for the first time at a very fine restaurant, Vecchia Lugana, on Lake Sirmione, while driving from Milan to Venice. I...
Roast Chicken with Rosemary and Orange
Whether in times of need or times of plenty, rosemary grows in abundance along the coast of Istria, where its fragrance perfumes the air...


