{"id":3731,"date":"2012-01-13T11:26:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T18:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2012-01-13T11:26:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T18:26:42","slug":"buy-no-strawberry-before-its-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2012\/01\/13\/buy-no-strawberry-before-its-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Buy Fresh and Local &#124; Tis Not the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>copyright 2012 Art of Living, PrimaMedia, Inc.\/Maria Liberati<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/web.giardinaggio.it\/frutteto\/Fragola\/Fragola_N2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n(photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giardinaggio.it\">www.giardinaggio.it<\/a>)<br \/>\nDreaming of summer or more like wishing for summer and the warm NOT cold sun of August..found what I\u00a0 thought could be fresh Strawberries\u2026perfect to make strawberries with Lemon ( Fragole con Limone)\u2026but they came from a far away country and must have traveled days to get to my table\u2026<br \/>\nThe motto of this story is to always eat fresh and eat local.. I had to discard half of the package because of some being rotted\u2026<br \/>\nAs I washed each strawberry\u00a0 and sniffed each one for that fragrant summertime perfume.. it just was not there\u2026I hulled them and cut each one carefully in half, my mind wandering away to last summer\u2019s\u00a0 fresh scents of lemon and strawberries wafting through the air..almost as if I had sprayed an air freshener..but no need to. The scent created such a vivid picture that it is\u00a0 still lingering in my mind..but guess I will have to wait till June for that experience!<br \/>\nI will buy NO strawberry before it\u2019s time\u2026.<br \/>\nHere is a winter pasta dish..from the award winning book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special Occasions-2nd edition, available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\">here<\/a> or in ebook exclusively at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kindle.com\">Kindle<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Spaghetti Infuocati\u00a0 ( Spaghetti On Fire)<\/strong><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xHGMLeGyd4o\/TWa4Cv4jyvI\/AAAAAAAABTY\/ear3vZU1cxg\/s1600\/pasta%2Balla%2Bricotta.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n(photo credits : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manualedicucina.com\">www.manualedicucina.com<\/a>)<br \/>\nRECIPE:<br \/>\n1 lb of spaghetti<br \/>\n8 ounces of ricotta (preferably fresh )<br \/>\n1 \u00bd tblsps of butter melted<br \/>\n\u00bc tsp of finely crushed pepper flakes<br \/>\nSalt to taste<br \/>\nCook pasta till al dente. But while pasta is cooking- place in a bowl the ricotta. Mix with a fork till it is creamy. Then sprinkle on the red pepper flakes and the melted butter.<br \/>\nWhen pasta is cooked al dente, drain. Place the pasta in the bowl with the ricotta mix and toss. Serve immediately.<br \/>\nLooking for somewhere special to go..join me in Italy in May 2012 for a luxury cruise,go <a href=\"www.marialiberati.com\">here<\/a> to find out about this luxury, all inclusive Mediterranean cruise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>copyright 2012 Art of Living, PrimaMedia, Inc.\/Maria Liberati (photo credit: www.giardinaggio.it) Dreaming of summer or more like wishing for summer and the warm NOT cold sun of August..found what I\u00a0&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":[27,947,45,11],"tags":[1625,1470,1339,1023,1630,317],"class_list":["post-3731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caro-diariodear-diary","category-country-house-living","category-pasta-recipes-2","category-recipes","tag-best-places-to-visit-in-italy","tag-easy-spaghetti-recipes","tag-gourmand-world-cookbook-award-winner-maria-liberati","tag-gourmet-cookbook","tag-italian-chef","tag-spaghetti"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3731","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=3731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}