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Artichoke & Prosciutto Antipasto

Growing up in Virginia, spring’s arrival was heralded by blooming dogwood trees, several appearances of my mother’s asparagus with hard-cooked egg and my favorite steamed artichokes, their leaves dipped in dishes of warm melted butter and scraped against bottom teeth. … Continue reading

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Fig & Proscuitto Flatbread

No time for small talk today, folks. We’ve got pizzas to make! Cutting to the chase, then: craving the thin, sturdy Neapolitan-style pizzas I swooned over in Italy this summer, I pulled out baking genius Peter Reinhardt’s madly popular recipe … Continue reading

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Italia

I had perfectly good intentions to assail you with long-winded, colorful tales from my charmed visit abroad.  I wanted you to feel the champagne warmth of those Umbrian sunsets and taste the earthy dust of black truffles on freshly hand-crafted strangozzi. … Continue reading

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