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Spaghetti alla Carbonara-the President's Favorite Dish

By maria July 14, 2009Cucina, cucina povere, Recipes, slow food, the Mediterranean diet, Upcoming AppearancesNo Comments

copyright 2009, Maria Liberati It's recipe Tuesdays on twitter at http://twitter.com/Marialiberati so you can follow along there for recipes all through today. In The Basic Art of Italian Cooking Kitchen…

Sorbetto di Caffe for a Monday

By maria July 13, 2009Coffee, Rome, the Mediterranean diet, Travel & customsNo Comments

Eating is An Experience!

By maria July 12, 2009Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Features, frittata, Recipes, TuscanNo Comments

The G 8 Pizza-Mixing Food & Politics

By maria July 9, 2009AbruzzoNo Comments

Mixing Food and Politics Today, Thursday and Friday there is a G8 summit happening in Abruzzo, specifically in L'Aquila the city that suffered the powerful earthquake this past April. Word…

Grilling For Your Health

By maria July 8, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

Flavors for the 4th….

By maria July 3, 2009Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Events & Appearances, Features, Holidays, La Dolce Vita, Recipes, slow food, Special Occasions, the Mediterranean dietNo Comments

Nothing epitomizes summer more than a picnic or barbecue on July 4th. Here's some healthy and fun ideas to make yours: For a healthy holiday dish for the grill this…

Cookies, Brownies & Tarts..oh my!!

By maria July 1, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

For your summer picnics remember 'delicious and uncomplicated' easy cookies or brownies always make great desserts for your summerfest, easy to eat outside, portable and yummy. Paired with ice cream,…

Delicious not Complicated…

By maria July 1, 2009Abruzzo, Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Facts, Features, History of Foods, Holidays, La Dolce Vita, Mediterranean Culinary Cruise, Pizza, Recipes, slow food, the Mediterranean dietNo Comments

copyright 2009, Maria Liberati Summer should be filled with delicious, uncomplicated foods.... Although food always evokes some kind of memory, the warm beautiful summer sun that shone briefly today, took…

Look Outside For The Rainbow & Anginetti

By maria June 27, 2009Abruzzo, Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), Cucina, La Dolce Vita, Recipes, slow food, the Mediterranean dietNo Comments

My Love (Addiction) for the Jersey Blueberry

By maria June 25, 2009Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Features, La Dolce Vita, Recipes, TriviaNo Comments

An Ode to Picnics

By maria June 24, 2009Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), cucina povere, Entertaining3 Comments

Recipes & Professional Cookware

By maria June 24, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

Today was The Basic Art of Italian Cooking's first 'Recipe Tuesday' on twitter, posting only recipes as we were working on them and others in the test kitchen today. But,…

mmmmm Gelato!

By maria June 23, 2009Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), Cucina, Entertaining, Events & Appearances, Facts, Features, History of Foods, La Dolce Vita, slow food, the Mediterranean diet, Trivia, Upcoming AppearancesNo Comments

Father's Day & Creating Special Memories

By maria June 18, 2009Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Events & Appearances, Features, Holidays, La Dolce Vita, Mediterranean Culinary Cruise, Recipes, Risotto, Rome, slow food, Special Occasions, the Mediterranean diet, WineNo Comments

How to Make a Day Salty and Sweet

By maria June 14, 2009aperitifs, Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, La Dolce Vita, Recipes, slow food, the Mediterranean diet, Tuscan, UmbriaNo Comments

Keeping the 'Fresh' in Fruits and Veggies

By maria June 10, 2009Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Gardening, Recipes, slow food, the Mediterranean dietNo Comments

The Art of Designing Your Home

By maria June 10, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

Now that warm weather is here many are beginning construction or redesign projects on their homes. Did you know that you can now purchase home plans on the internet to…

Keep Your Cool in Arizona

By maria June 9, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

If you are anywhere near Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona you are in for a hot two weeks or more. My friends there have been telling me how hot the weather…

Food for Thought & Tramezzini

By maria June 7, 2009aperitifs, Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Features, La Dolce Vita, Recipes, slow food, the Mediterranean diet, Tuscan, Upcoming AppearancesNo Comments

"Hmm..." said the bank manager, "you sure go food shopping a lot?" "What do you mean? " I said. "Well when you had us research the check for your phone…

Have a Kitchen Party!

By maria June 1, 2009Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Events & Appearances, slow food, the Mediterranean diet, Travel & customs, Upcoming AppearancesNo Comments

The Basic Art of Italian Cooking June/July 2009

By maria May 28, 2009Uncategorized1 Comment

Bethesda & Bella Italia

By maria May 27, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

Bella Italia store in Bethesda Row -sure was just as the name described. I enjoyed meeting many of you there on May 15th and 16th but for those of you that…

Balsamic Vinegar -Made in the USA

By maria May 27, 2009aperitifs, Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Facts, Features, La Dolce Vita, Recipes, the Mediterranean diet, WineNo Comments

Fresh Watermelon, Strawberries & Memorial Day

By maria May 23, 2009Abruzzo, Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), Cooking School in Tuscany, Cucina, Entertaining, Features, La Dolce Vita, Recipes, slow food, Special Occasions, the Mediterranean diet, Travel & customs, Upcoming AppearancesNo Comments

A Tale of Grappa..

By maria May 18, 2009aperitifs, Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Facts, Features, History of Foods, La Dolce Vita, slow food, Travel & customs, Upcoming Appearances, WineNo Comments

Finding Supplies for Your New Restaurant

By maria May 18, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

Opening your own restaurant is definitely no small undertaking, so many things to do from finding a great location and financing to finding supplies perfect for your new business. It…

Top 10 Tips For Growing Terrific Tomatoes

By maria May 14, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

Fly Free to Telluride, Colorado

By maria May 14, 2009UncategorizedNo Comments

Have a group of 3 friends??..well now's the time to check out Telluride Colorado and their 4th person flies for free promotion. Telluride is busy in the summertime with many…

Restaurant iD..

By maria May 14, 2009Uncategorized2 Comments

Today's restaurant needs to have great food but also establish an identity. Going after a corporate identity on a small business budget is now possible,stylish functional, professional and all on…

Farfalle..the Stylish Pasta

By maria May 12, 2009Abruzzo, Caro Diario. (Dear diary...), Cucina, cucina povere, Entertaining, Features, La Dolce Vita, Newsletter/ezine, Recipes, Rome, slow food, Tagliacozzo, the Mediterranean diet, Umbria, Upcoming AppearancesNo Comments