All I had to do was follow her instructions to the letter, and success was pretty much guaranteed. If you’ve ever seen Marcella on television, you know that she was a short, compact lady, a tough biscotti with a raspy voice who didn’t suffer fools gladly and had a surprising preference for Jack Daniels over a glass of wine. But in her books her voice is always warm and encouraging.
until you toss it at the end, never cook a tomato sauce in a covered pan, or it will end up being “bland, steamed, weakly formulaic.” I do well with rules., braised carrots with capers. I started shopping at farmer’s markets and buying thirty-dollar bottles of balsamic vinegar. My wife and I stopped going to restaurants or ordering takeout every night of the week. I actually started having people over for dinner.
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It is always a delight to see this most authentic of cooks and her encyclopaedic knowledge and profound love of true regional (and The Best) dishes and cooking celebrated and remembered and introduced again and again to new generations - instructive authoritative ❤️👑
What a wonders read. Since I'm not American I shall make torta di carciofi. Viva Marcella!