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02/10/2006: "On that day we were looking for fennel..."
Piero appeared early in the morning with fresh sardines, so "I will make Pasta con le sarde!" I blurted out. My cousin Silvia was very happy because she had been to my mother house in Sicily and loved the dish. "all we need is fennel" she said. "surely we can find fennel in the fields around here". And so we went Silvia, my daughter Francesca and I, in search of fennel. The countryside around Pisa ( San Martino Ulmiano) is really not fennel country but we were hoping to come across a bush or two in some back garden, a few pots here and there hidden among the geraniums and artichokes. We were looking for wild fennel, the kind that grows everywere in Spring in the south of Italy. That's the kind needed to make pasta with sardines, an ancient dish which includes, apart with sardines and wild fennel, also currants, pine nuts, saffron, onion and anchovies. A dish where oriental spices marry with the flavours of the Mediterranean. And so we went, looking for fennel. We found in the place portrayed below and the owner, a nice old lady, told us we could get as much as we wanted and also told us the story of her life, which I don't remember but I know that she was happy to tell and we were happy to listen. Tuscany is not fennel country and that fennel was a bit tough and stringy, but the morning was lovely and we gathered wild flowers on the way back. Rita Monaco Artist Portfolio
Replies: 10 Comments
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on Thursday, February 16th, aparisi said
excelento ......
on Monday, February 13th, eve aka ERBU said
how amazing..i am here in Manila, being transportd to Italy via your artwork and your delicious food and so wonderful writings!!!! Its something my senses will never get enough of...
on Saturday, February 11th, Rita Monaco said
Thanks you all!...you mean you could only read one post of the above blog? That's really too bad...here the link to my blog:
http://insidethecreativemind.blogsource.com/
More art thoughts there, more ramblings, food, paintings, etc.
A beautiful day in Vancouver! A day for gardening and blogging about it.
Cheers!
on Saturday, February 11th, Hyacinthe Baron said
That was fun. Many artists are great cooks and vice versa. I would have enjoyed a more imaginative reference to art relevant to the experience. I also enjoyed your Premiere Portfolio and your paintings.
on Friday, February 10th, Brad Michael Moore said
I've always enjoyed your work. Like Jose, i'm wanting more.
on Friday, February 10th, Mark Brockman said
Rita! It all sounded so wonderful. It even made me hungry. But it was like offering a wonderful dish, letting us smell its aroma, then taking the dish away. Shame there wasn't more.
on Friday, February 10th, Natallia said
Painting is absolutely fantastic! I can feel Italian countryside. Beautiful!
on Friday, February 10th, jose freitas cruz said
yes, well, I clicked on the link in the hope of reading further but there seems to be no further reading.
