Here is another recipe requested by reader Daphne. It’s card 10 in section 18 and it’s call Rice with Ham, Peas, and Cheese. In Italian, the dish is called “Risi e Bisi.” If you’d like, go google that term for a zillion potential recipes. Basically, it’s a almost but not quite a risotto – creamy,…
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Crispy Pork Chops
Pork chops broiled with an Italian-like seasoning? Yes! Valerie contacted me with this message: “I lost one of our favorite recipes from this collection. I’m pretty sure it was called “Crispy Pork Chops.” Thank you so much!” I didn’t have it in my collection, so posted in this very long comment thread. The amazing Brenda…
Italian Rice and Cheese Balls
Card 57 from the 2 in 1 International Recipe Card Collection is often called Mozzarella in Carozza, and it is as popular in some parts of Northern Italy as pizza is in South. Often Mozzarella in Carozza is made without the addition of rice, using toast squares to “house” the cheese instead of the rice…
Italian Anise Cookies from McCall’s Cookie Collection
Now that the holiday season is gone, and my tummy has fully recovered from the season of overindulgence, what I really want is more cookies. Ok, maybe not, but reader Bernadette has a hankering for these Italian Anise Cookies from the McCall’s Cookie Collection. She wrote: I was searching for this recipe book forever. My…
Caviale Con Fagioli
This distinctive blend of white beans, caviar, herbs, and olive oil and lemon juice is a specialty of the famed Florentine restaurant Paoli, housed in the cellar of a thirteenth century castle in the heart of Florence. The famed white beans of Tuscany are virtually impossible to find in the US, short of smuggling them…