{"id":2473,"date":"2010-12-26T07:08:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2010-12-26T07:08:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T14:08:55","slug":"the-national-holiday-of-leftovers-or-santo-stefano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2010\/12\/26\/the-national-holiday-of-leftovers-or-santo-stefano\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Holiday of Leftovers or Santo Stefano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<br \/>\ncopyright 2010 art of living, PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/avezzano13.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2474\" title=\"avezzano13\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/avezzano13-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd the week continues on as one long Festa..today is Santo Stefano ( Saint Stephen).. this day has been a national Holiday here in Italy since 1946. But this is also non-officially known as the &#8216;day of leftovers&#8217; and a day to relax from all the\u00a0&#8216;madness&#8217; in the kitchen&#8230; besides everyone is usually &#8216;cooked out&#8217; after Christmas&#8230;.<br \/>\nAnd that is just fine with me..there is nothing better than leftover lasagna..and as I looked in the fridge this morning attempting to piece together a coordinated menu from all the leftovers (one never knows what one will find still in fridge with so many overnight guests at home)<br \/>\nAhh&#8230; I am pleasantly surprised to find\u00a0 3\/4 pan of one lasagna .. sardines..fresh tomatoes..fresh arugula..fresh mushrooms..parmigiana-reggiano..locally made Pecorino from Abruzzo and a loaf of bread ( in the bread cupboard) from our local &#8216;forno&#8217;..<br \/>\nMenu:<br \/>\n*Lasagne<br \/>\n*Baked Mushrooms<br \/>\n*sardines<br \/>\n*Pecorino cheese<br \/>\n*Fresh arugula, tomato, salad topped with shaved parmigiana-reggiano cheese and drizzeld with extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\n*An opened, but half full, bottle of Prosecco (perfect to accompany the second course and side dishes)<br \/>\nUnlike my Christmas meals this one will come together quickly.. and I will still be able to get to the Santo Stefano Christmas Mercato (Market) in the piazza for a stroll,,,, but don&#8217;t forget the fresh fruit, Panettone and torrone for dessert..and the ever obligatory game of Tombola (Bingo) ..but Panettone always takes a central place on the table nop matter what is going on during these festive days..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 copyright 2010 art of living, PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati And the week continues on as one long Festa..today is Santo Stefano ( Saint Stephen).. this day has been a national Holiday&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,876,947,7,30,41,28,655,55,32,39,25],"tags":[69,1105,975,6,1022,9,100,126,102,20,159,12,195,79],"class_list":["post-2473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abruzzo","category-caro-diariodear-diary","category-christkindlmarkts","category-country-house-living","category-cucina","category-cucina-povere","category-entertaining","category-holidays","category-slow-food","category-special-occasions","category-the-mediterranean-diet","category-travel-customs","category-wine","tag-abruzzo","tag-award-winning-author-maria-liberati","tag-celebrity-chef-maria-liberati","tag-cheese","tag-easy-dinner-recipes","tag-food","tag-holidays","tag-italian","tag-italy","tag-olive-oil","tag-pasta","tag-recipes","tag-travel","tag-wine"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}