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Recently I found something that I was looking for a long time: Pork Jowl! I have been scouring various grocery store, specialty stores and the internet looking for an elusive ingredient: Guanciale. Unfortunately I have to say that I still haven’t found the true Italian guanciale however I did find […]
Another classic from Neapolitan poor man’s cuisine is Pasta and Potatoes or Pasta e Patate. In Neapolitan dialect, this dish is called A’ Past e’ Patan. This is dish is based on the simplicity principles of Italian and Neapolitan cuisine. It combines two seemingly opposite and brings them together to […]
Embracing the principles of Italian cuisine, this dish doesn’t rely on heavy sauces or heavy whipping cream. Instead the garlic and shrimp are carefully cooked in the extra virgin olive oil, releasing their flavors into it and when coupled with parsley, it makes a delicious creamy dish. With this dish, […]
One of my favorite homey and comfort food dishes that I love is pasta with broccoli and bacon. In the cooking process, the bacon and the pasta are blended to form a delicious cream that brings together the whole pasta. If you want to take this dish to the next […]
Walking the streets of Naples early Sunday morning, you hear a familiar noise and smell: the slow bubble of a nonna’s ragu that has been boiling overnight. Prepped the night before, this delicious elixir is perhaps one of the most quintessential dishes of Neapolitan cuisine: Ragu. In Neapolitan dialect, it […]