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ceci al pomodoro per FBAH / chickpeas with tomatoes for FBAH

"Nearly one in five children in America lives in households that struggle to put food on the table" (source). This is not a statistics I just learned. I have been sensitive to the problem of food insecurity in this country for quite some time. The Alameda County Community Food Bank and Food for People are two organizations close to my heart and so is Share Our Strength. The recent documentary A Place at the Table from Participant Media—the same studio that brought us Food Inc.—follows three families struggling with food insecurity, and sheds light on the problem of hunger in America.... Read more →

briciole su Sale&Pepe / briciole on Sale&Pepe magazine

from the November issue of the Italian magazine Sale&Pepe Good news: briciole is one of the blogs featured on the Foodblogger page of the November issue of the esteemed Italian food magazine Sale&Pepe (which earlier this year celebrated 25 years of publication). The issue includes an article (with recipes) dedicated to handmade pasta from Apulia, hence the choice of bloggers passionate about fresh pasta. And speaking of pasta, a reminder that this week I am hosting Presto Pasta Nigths. I am preparing a post on another adventure in fresh pasta making. Stay tuned! Read more →

ogni giorno è Earth Day (la Giornata della Terra) / every day is Earth Day

Trillium ovatum — Western Trillium Earth Day was started in 1970 by US Senator Gaylord Nelson. Celebrated on April 22nd, Earth Day reminds us that we share responsibility for the health (salute) of our beautiful planet (pianeta). There are a few thoughts I have been meaning to share with you for some time and Earth Day (or thereabouts) sounds like the appropriate time. In recent years, I have become particularly interested in food waste (spreco alimentare) and food scrap recycling. Food waste includes uneaten food and food preparation scraps from residences or households, commercial establishments like restaurants, grocery stores, cafeterias and... Read more →

buon compleanno, Italia! / Happy Birthday, Italy!

On March 17, 1861, Vittorio Emanuele II, hitherto king of Sardinia, was proclaimed King of Italy (Re d'Italia) by the first Italian parliament. Therefore today, March 17, 2011, Italy turns 150. To mark the anniversary, I decided to write a "different" post, a commentary to a YouTube video (by StevePop100). While you listen to a nice song by Italian singer and songwriter Jovanotti, titled Ora (Now), you'll see images of people, who played an important role in Italian political and cultural history after WWII. (A comprehensive list would require a long movie, but this is a good selection.) I will list... Read more →