You'd have to love Italian food first.
You'd have to subscribe to simple food.
And, you have to love bread.
The book is worth its price.
Now, take it home and prepare the first thing you see here:
Bruschetta
---Broo as in Bruce
skat
ta as in tap
My friend and famous food and culture blogger, Eleonora, will show you how to make a whole bunch of them.
Just look at the picture, and you can improvise the dish.
Improvising is instinctual in Italian cooking, a slice of tomatoes, a drizzle of oil, a few grains of salt, crusty bread.
This humble snack was my version of peanut butter sandwich when I was growing up in Southern Italy.
Go ahead, get inspired.
Make yourself a bruschetta.
I love bruschetta! It's much better than peanut butter. And I like peanut butter a lot.
ReplyDeletelooks like a good midnight snack! When I was single and living with a roommate in Montreal, we would make our own version of Bruschetta after being out clubbing...It always involved tomatoes and garlic and then topped with whatever was in the fridge...one time we raided a back lane neighbour's garden for some tomatoes(she had told us to help ourselves! Altho I don't think she meant at 3 in the morning!)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great cookbook! I love bruschetta, too, and like to add tomatoes, onions, and jalapenos, with cheese and parsley, and serve it as an appetizer.
ReplyDeleteIt's a southern Italian classic!
ReplyDeleteBruschetta! A shibboleth.
ReplyDeleteLet me tell you, Rosaria, just the smell as I rub a garlic clove against that warm, crisp bread is enough. And then some olive oil, juicy tomatoes, basil and sea salt - I'm set. Beautiful, truly beautiful!
Thanks for the reminder. I'll make some tomorrow.
Mmm, way better than PB!
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