{"id":5832,"date":"2013-11-03T20:37:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T03:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=5832"},"modified":"2013-11-03T20:37:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T03:37:52","slug":"mostarda-from-cremonastradivarius-see-you-in-collegeville-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2013\/11\/03\/mostarda-from-cremonastradivarius-see-you-in-collegeville-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mostarda From Cremona &#124; Upcoming Event in PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>copyright Art of Living,PrimaMedia,Inc 2013\/Maria Liberati<br \/>\nI have been&nbsp; likening my Professional chef board to that of a Stradivarius violin\u2026 Antonio Stradivari was so passionate&nbsp; about his violins that he never went anywhere without..I too never go anywhere without my professional chef board..truly works of art and I love displaying them in the kitchen as well as working on them..<br \/>\nHere I am with one, they are handmade by April Morse of&nbsp; Weber&#8217;s Cabinets&#8230;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5082\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/aboutmaria-3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5082\" alt=\"Maria preparing for an appearance at Williams Sonoma Times Square NYC\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/aboutmaria-3.jpg?resize=183%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"183\" height=\"180\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria preparing for an appearance at Williams Sonoma Times Square NYC<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n(from 2012 appearance at Williams-Sonoma Columbus Circle, NYC)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs a boy, Antonio Stradivari heard for the first time, a violin, and was so fascinated by its\u2019 voice that he set about to construct one that emitted the most beautiful sounds\u2026..<br \/>\nIn the town of Cremona Italy lies a plaque bearing homage to its\u2019 most famous citizen<br \/>\nHERE STOOD THE HOUSE<br \/>\nIN WHICH<br \/>\nANTONIO STRADIVARI<br \/>\nBROUGHT THE VIOLIN TO ITS HIGHEST PERFECTION<br \/>\nAND LEFT TO CREMONA<br \/>\nAN IMPERISHABLE NAME AS MASTER OF HIS CRAFT.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicacolta.eu\/mc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/stradivarius.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nPhoto credits: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicacolta.eu\">http:\/\/www.musicacolta.eu<\/a><br \/>\nCremona is famous for it\u2019s Mostarda (Mustard) not the typical mustard..it is more like a sweet and sour fruit sauce .. served as a condiment for meats, cheeses..it is typically made at end of summer and through fall to preserve and local produce is typically used..In this recipe be sure not to over cook the fruit, it should remain whole and solid.<br \/>\nWonder if this condiment&nbsp; provided any inspiration to create such a beautiful instrument \u2013the Stradivarius)<br \/>\n..&nbsp; an interesting and healthy way to use up all the fruits and vegetables of fall and those lingering from summer..<br \/>\n<strong>Mostarda di Cremona (Mustard of Cremona)<\/strong><br \/>\n4 lbs of fresh fruit mixed in any combination (plums, apples ,pears, apricots, figs)<br \/>\n2 cups sugar<br \/>\n1 1\/2 tablespoons&nbsp; of powdered mustard that has been dissolved in a tablespoon of white wine (I am using Colman\u2019s Mustard)<br \/>\nClean, seed and remove any stones, seeds, etc from fruits. Skin apples and pears. Cut into small pieces and place in large pot, pour sugar on top and stir and&nbsp; leave for 24 hours. Then bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes.&nbsp; Remove from heat and repeat this another 2 times (boiling for 5 minutes and let stand for 24 hours). Place in wine\/mustard mixture and stir well careful not to break up fruit. Place in jars that seal hermetically and store.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSee you at:<br \/>\nSunday, November 10th, 2 PM, Towne Book Center &amp; Cafe, 220 Plaza Drive, Suite B-3, Collegeville, PA 19426,<br \/>\nreading, book signing, and sampling<br \/>\n<b>Towne Book Center &amp; Cafe <\/b>(610) 454-0640&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townebc.com\/\">http:\/\/www.townebc.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n(Photo of Book display at Towne Book Center, Collegeville, Pa ;Photo taken by Pam Margolis)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/collegeville-book-store.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5823\" alt=\"collegeville book store\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/collegeville-book-store.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFor more great recipes get your copy of the award winning book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special Occassions-2nd edition at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\">www.marialiberati.com<\/a>&nbsp; or at the Towne Book Center in Collegeville, Pa<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>copyright Art of Living,PrimaMedia,Inc 2013\/Maria Liberati I have been&nbsp; likening my Professional chef board to that of a Stradivarius violin\u2026 Antonio Stradivari was so passionate&nbsp; about his violins that he&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":[27,4,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caro-diariodear-diary","category-events-appearances","category-history-of-foods"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832","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=5832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}