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Cucina in California

In my first guest column for Francesca’s blog, I talked about farmers’ markets. My third contribution describes three other ways of buying or procuring food with which I have become acquainted in California: Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA), community gardens and bulk products.

(The English version of the post follows the Italian version on the same page.)

pollo arrosto per Paz

roast chicken for Paz
I wrote a guest post for Paz, of The Cooking Adventure of Chef Paz, describing my first attempt ever at preparing pollo arrosto. Fear not, the adventure has a happy ending.

Hear me pronounce the words and expressions on the pollo arrosto audio file [mp3] or go to the pollo arrosto audio page for more listening options.

Cucina in California

My second contribution to Francesca's blog is my first restaurant review ever. The restaurant in question is Chez Panisse Café, located upstairs in the same building that houses the celebrated restaurant. Talking about Chez Panisse means talking about Alice Waters and her role in the the culinary history of North America, so you will find a bit of that in the post (which is in both Italian and English).

Cucina in California

When I first moved to California, 14 years ago, shopping for food was a way to get to know my new environment, it was a little adventure (in some ways it is still an adventure). I lived in Orinda then and I remember when the farmers' market started there. So, for my first contribution to Francesca's blog, I decided to talk about farmers' markets (the post is in Italian and English).

I do not get all my food from farmers' markets, so I am planning to talk about other interesting shopping options in future posts.

Since today is February 29, I will conclude by letting you know that leap year in Italian is anno bisestile.

Cucina in California

A little while ago, Francesca of francescav and I started planning a guest column on her blog where I would talk about California food and cooking. Today Francesca announced the upcoming publication of the first post: the announcement and the future posts will be bilingual.

Many thanks to Francesca, the wonderful host, and to Keith, who designed the beautiful logo for the column.

See you all on Francesca's blog!