Visiting New York's Summer Fancy Food show recently, I tasted all sorts of cheeses; Aurrichio, Pecorino Romano,Parmigiano and others. But what was most surprising were cheeses from the Dolomites; Basajo and Toma blue,from Casearia Carpenedo. Just two...
The Naples-based delicacy "Mozzarella in Carrozza" consists of mozzarella cheese that is enveloped in bread, dipped in egg and bread crumbs, then fried often along with a filet of anchovies for a bit of salt. Inspired by a friend Nicola Cavallini on my...
My friend Domenico is a great educator on Italian cheese. One recent night, he introduced me to some fabulous bufala mozzarella while teaching a class at Serafina restaurant, specifically exploring this wonderful Italian cheese. Made in Italy's...
While I much prefer pizzas, calzones will do, especially on occasions when you get things like a tear in your pizza dough. That was the case today while trying my newly made "goatzarella." And so I shaped out a few of calzones. Glad I did. At...
My recent attempts at making goatzzarella came up shy, leading less to a nice shiny ball, it came out less close to mozzarella than to caciocavallo cheese. So when Coach Farm tweeted me asking for a sample made from their milk, I tried another batch. With...
