Cooking The Mediterranean Countries-Spain

While my primary cooking focus is on Italian food, I am fascinated with all the cuisines of the Mediterranean region. This geographical area broadly follows the olive tree, which provides one of the most distinctive features of the region’s cooking, olive oil. The region spans a wide variety of cultures such as, the Maghrebi, Levantine, […] … Continue reading Cooking The Mediterranean Countries-Spain

What Is In Season In April?

In my part of the world, produce planted in February is coming into season during the month of April. Friday’s market had plenty of radishes, cauliflower, broccoli, potatoes, spinach, leeks and asparagus. Fresh herbs and citrus fruits are still plentiful and they make excellent flavor additives to savory dishes. There was lots to choose from, […] … Continue reading What Is In Season In April?

What To Cook In February

The fish cakes look really good.

What Is In Season In December? — jovinacooksitalian

This month the market offers lots of festive ingredients in anticipation of the coming holidays. I find it is a great time to perk up your winter dishes with lots of fruit flavors. This week I picked up fennel and apples to enhance some pork cutlets and oranges to give swordfish a new look. Carrots […] … Continue reading What Is In Season In December? — jovinacooksitalian

Cooking the Italian Provinces – Genova

Beautiful area and the butter cake looks good.