Blink... and summer is gone! Summer is truly a time to celebrate the finest of the culinary arts. Don't let this summer get away without your own special celebration. Culinary…
copyright 2018 Art of Living, PrimaMedia,Inc "I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food" W.C. Fields W.C. Fields was an American comedian in the early 1900s.…
copyright 2012 Art of Living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati My New Year’s Eve menu is still being planned..but so far..the Spumante that will be the 'star' of the evening will be a Pecorino Spumante Brut..and…
If you are in the Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown ( PA.) area you can watch as I prepare these recipes from the Gourmand World Award Winning book The Basic Art of…
copyright 2012 Art of Living, PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati The grapes are overflowing and soon wine will arrive for 2012..however..here is a dish to make use of the grapes and don’t forget…
Here's a guest post from one of our guest bloggers on the 'trials and tribulations' of making the dish infamously known as risotto: Guest Blogger: Madigan Naylor I always hear…
copyright 2012 Art of Living, Prima Media Inc/ Maria Liberati Charlottesville Virginia was the recent site of this year’s Virginia Festival of the Book, and one of this year’s featured…
Virginia Festival of the Book has selected The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: DaVinci Style as one of the books to be featured at this year’s event. The Happy Cook…
Text copyright 2012 Art of Living, PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati A romantic Valentine’s Day and even though I was not far away from the kitchen I could not help but pause every…
copyright 2011 Maria Liberati On the road again”....that winsome, Willie Nelson tune just seems to pop out at me as my book tour unfolds. An invitation to appear at the…
Today was filled with peace and quiet..a walk in the serene mountains of Abruzzo...my Tibet..I know when I have reached the top the moment I see my favorite sign..La…
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine. From William Shakespeare’s …
copyright 2010 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati “We do not remember days, we remember moments” once said Cesare Pavese-Italian author/novelist… so create a special moment for Father’s Day..a meal ..a brunch …
copyright 2009, Maria Liberati Tonight, I finished up one of my wine education and wine pairing events at one of my favorite vineyards. Something that no one seemed to have…
copyright 2009, Maria Liberati Editor: Erin Kuhns As the saying goes, the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Dad is no exception. With Father's Day around…
Here is an excerpt of this month's newsletter. To read the full newsletter go to: http://tinyurl.com/df9rc5 Truffles and Meats: Two Staple Foods from Umbria copyright2009, Maria Liberati Editor: Christa…
copyright, 2008, art of living, PrimaMedia,Inc, The Basic Art of Italian Cooking Tartufi (truffles) are considered by many to be a 'mystery of nature'. Gaio Plinio Secondo known as Plinio…
copyright, 2008, Maria Liberati Tonight, I finished up one of my wine education and wine pairing events at a winery. Something that no one seemed to have a clue about was…
copyright, 2008, Maria Liberati What perfect way to bring in Fall than with a dish of risotto...perfect for those chilly, fall evenings. Risotto, culinary poetry for the senses. Risotto is…
Probably the most famous of all Italian cheeses is Parmigiano reggiano, a hard, granular cheese native to the Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modina, Bologna, and Mantua provinces. Parmigiano reggiano is made…
I want to wish you all and your families the Happiest and Healthiest New Year in 2022! Thank you all so much for joining me and helping me to make The Basic Art of Italian Cooking and The Maria Liberati Show a success! I can’t wait to share my next book (The Basic Art of Italian Cooking Diaries: Seasons) with you, it will release in late Spring/early Summer.