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My
in-laws called us early Sunday morning to ask if we had felt the quake?
We hadn't -- it was at about 4 AM and we all slept through it,
including the dog, but my father-in-law was awake, doing a crossword
puzzle, when the windows began to rattle and the lights to sway.
The epicenter was across the Appennini from us, in the Ferrarese, and it
was serious; seven people were killed and a tremendous number of
buildings have been badly shaken. The aftershocks continued all through
today, and there will be lots of people sleeping in their cars tonight.
La Repubblica has a page of links to articles and videos.
And so does Corriere della Sera
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Almost Wordless Wednesday: Cassata Alla Siciliana
Cassata
is Sicily's interpretation of the concept of Cheesecake, and as one
might expect given the inventiveness of Sicilians, they take it a very
long way.
The framework, if one can... Read more
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A Quick Strawberry Layer Cake
Elisabetta
is very good at improvising with what we have on hand; the other day
she found a store-bought pan di Spagna (roughly equivalent to pound
cake, and she suggests... Read more
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Baccalà: Unexpected delight from Salt Cod
Baccalà
is salt cod sold by the slab: An unlikely food to get excited over.
Indeed, for much of its history nobody did; it was cheap and kept very
well, which made it an ideal food for the poor, and for others too when
Friday loomed and no fresh fish was available....
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Assuntina's Acquacotta
Assuntina's
Acquacotta: Acquacotta means "cooked water", and this is a hearty
peasant soup that farmhands would eat while out in the fields in the
Maremma, a wild section of Tuscany southwest of Siena that extends to
the coast and down into Lazio as well. It's one of those recipes with a
great many variations, and Assuntina, who runs Monti della Tolfa, a neat
agriturismo on a beautiful estate south of Rome that offers all sorts
of activities, kindly shared her recipe.
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