Cari Amici, We’re off to a great start here at ICCC for 2023. Our La Befana celebration was a roaring success. Many thanks to Margret Norton, who because of Lucia Khurana’s last minute illness, stepped in as a sub for the Befana role with good humor and aplomb, much to the delight of the…
Enjoy our newest edition of La Voce Italiana! (July/August 2021 issue). La Voce Italiana is published six times a year by the Italian Cultural & Community Center (ICCC) of Houston as the voice of all things Italian. It is a digital publication where you can find articles about Italian culture and news from the ICCC…
I love autumn – the leaves are changing colour, with beautiful yellows and reds and the mornings are crisp. It is a time to celebrate the delicious produce – apples, pumpkins, potatoes, chestnuts, pears and mushrooms. This is just what the farmers, viogners and producers in the Daylesford-Macedon area did last Sunday. from: italyonmymind.com.au Recipe…
The Umbrian town of Norcia is famous for its pork, and it has a rich tradition of sausage- and salumi-making. So much so that butcher shops all over Italy that specialize in fresh and cured pork products like salami, prosciutti, pancetta, and guanciale are known as “norcinerie.” Located at the foot of the Sibylline Mountains, Norcia…
I adore cakes made with oranges. Or anything that is sweet and orange. I always eat the orange jelly beans first and always pick flourless orange cake if it is on the menu. For part two of “A feast of oranges”, I made a cake from one of my favourite cookbooks “Polpo”, which has the…
The weather is getting warmer around here… this is the time of the year when I prefer to eat out. In a few weeks it will be too hot for my liking. So I try to enjoy this weather as much as I can! Today I am going to share with you the recipe for…