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Ciao, I'm Italian chef & cooking expert Deborah Dal Fovo and welcome to my world! In this blog I share my art of creating the beautiful lifestyle known as "la bella vita". Enjoy! Read More…

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Next Saturday May 22, I’m hosting a special onli

Next Saturday May 22, I’m hosting a special online “Handmade Flour + Water Pasta Workshop” as a fundraiser for 10,000 DEGREES, a fantastic Bay Area nonprofit organization that provides financial aid to underprivileged college students. 10KD is an important charity that gives scholarships and opportunity to low-income students to enable them to reach their education goals and have successful careers. What could be more important than that? Join me and learn to make hand formed southern Italian pasta while supporting a very worthy cause! 🧑🏻‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓👨‍🎓
Tap on the link in my bio to register: https://donate.10000degrees.org/event/2021-handmade-flour-water-pasta-workshop/e337650

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My first experience with “la vignarola” was in

My first experience with “la vignarola” was in Rome at Il Matriciano restaurant. It must have occurred in May many moons ago, because that is when the stars cross and spring pea, fava bean, artichoke ~ the essential ingredients of this highly anticipated annual Roman dish ~ seasons overlap for a brief moment. But blink your eyes and it’s gone for another long year. So, when the waiter set a bowl on the table, everyone joyfully shouted “vignarola!!”, as if Santa or Jesus had just appeared. I looked at the contents of the bowl, heaped high with a grayish-green melange, and was not impressed…until I tasted it. To say that vignarola ~ whose name means the keeper of the vines ~ is delicious is an understatement. These “primizie” veggie cousins, or first offerings of primavera/spring, are stewed with olive oil, garlic, white wine, guanciale or pancetta, and spring onions, creating an ecstatic taste of a springtime vegetable garden all in one forkful. It was love at first bite and I, like all the Romans at my table, was hooked. From that moment on vignarola became an annual pilgrimage in Rome until Il Matriciano’s owner and friend Alberto Colasanti shared his secret recipe that I prepare to the letter to this day. One day, I’ll divulge it but for now I can share that I’ve only modified one detail in a multi-step process, which is to blanch and peel the fava beans, giving the dish a brighter green and more beautiful visual appeal. Because, as we say in Italy, you first eat with your eyes 👀.

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I’m back in the kitchen making one of my signatu

I’m back in the kitchen making one of my signature dishes: pasta with shellfish ragù. This time I used squid ink spaghetti from @pastificio_felicetti… it was the perfect pairing and delicious taste of Riccione, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, in California 😋.

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I’m honored to host a special “Handmade Flour

Taking an epic trip with my children again after a

Taking an epic trip with my children again after a whole year of being apart was the second best Mother’s Day gift ever. The best gift is being their mother ❤️❤️.

Happy Mother’s Day to every mamma🌹!

#mothersday #mother #mamma #family #familytrip #love #thegreatestlove #mothersdaygift #motherhood #gift

Delicious perk from my Roman artichokes cooking cl

Delicious perk from my Roman artichokes cooking class…mint and garlic infused anise-hinted artichoke. A magical combination! #ilovemyjob

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Next Saturday May 22, I’m hosting a special onli

Next Saturday May 22, I’m hosting a special online “Handmade Flour + Water Pasta Workshop” as a fundraiser for 10,000 DEGREES, a fantastic Bay Area nonprofit organization that provides financial aid to underprivileged college students. 10KD is an important charity that gives scholarships and opportunity to low-income students to enable them to reach their education goals and have successful careers. What could be more important than that? Join me and learn to make hand formed southern Italian pasta while supporting a very worthy cause! 🧑🏻‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓👨‍🎓
Tap on the link in my bio to register: https://donate.10000degrees.org/event/2021-handmade-flour-water-pasta-workshop/e337650

#italianchef #italiancooking #italianfood #cookitalian #cookingclass #italiancookingclass #deborahcooks #deborahsitaliankitchen #pasta #pastaworkshop #pastaclass #pastamaking #homemadepasta #pastashapes #southernitalianpasta #charityevent #fundraiser #foodandwine #food52 #nytimescooking #bonappetit #marthastewart #lacucinaitalianausa #10000degrees

My first experience with “la vignarola” was in

My first experience with “la vignarola” was in Rome at Il Matriciano restaurant. It must have occurred in May many moons ago, because that is when the stars cross and spring pea, fava bean, artichoke ~ the essential ingredients of this highly anticipated annual Roman dish ~ seasons overlap for a brief moment. But blink your eyes and it’s gone for another long year. So, when the waiter set a bowl on the table, everyone joyfully shouted “vignarola!!”, as if Santa or Jesus had just appeared. I looked at the contents of the bowl, heaped high with a grayish-green melange, and was not impressed…until I tasted it. To say that vignarola ~ whose name means the keeper of the vines ~ is delicious is an understatement. These “primizie” veggie cousins, or first offerings of primavera/spring, are stewed with olive oil, garlic, white wine, guanciale or pancetta, and spring onions, creating an ecstatic taste of a springtime vegetable garden all in one forkful. It was love at first bite and I, like all the Romans at my table, was hooked. From that moment on vignarola became an annual pilgrimage in Rome until Il Matriciano’s owner and friend Alberto Colasanti shared his secret recipe that I prepare to the letter to this day. One day, I’ll divulge it but for now I can share that I’ve only modified one detail in a multi-step process, which is to blanch and peel the fava beans, giving the dish a brighter green and more beautiful visual appeal. Because, as we say in Italy, you first eat with your eyes 👀.

#italianchef #italiancooking #italianfood #cookitalian #cookingclass #italyincalifornia #deborahcooks #deborahsitaliankitchen #italianfoodcontentcreator #contentcreator #food #vignarola #springstew #romancuisine #romanstyle #rome #spring #recipe #artichoke #fava #peas #springdishes #foodandwine #food52 #nytimescooking #bonappetit #marthastewart #lacucinaitalianausa #ilmatriciano

I’m back in the kitchen making one of my signatu

I’m back in the kitchen making one of my signature dishes: pasta with shellfish ragù. This time I used squid ink spaghetti from @pastificio_felicetti… it was the perfect pairing and delicious taste of Riccione, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, in California 😋.

#italianchef #italiancooking #italianfood #cookitalian #italyincalifornia #deborahcooks #pasta #pasta #seaside #italy #squidinkpasta #spaghetti #emiliaromagna #shellfishpasta #recipe #foodandwine #food52 #nytimescooking #bonappetit #marthastewart #lacucinaitalianausa

I’m honored to host a special “Handmade Flour

Taking an epic trip with my children again after a

Taking an epic trip with my children again after a whole year of being apart was the second best Mother’s Day gift ever. The best gift is being their mother ❤️❤️.

Happy Mother’s Day to every mamma🌹!

#mothersday #mother #mamma #family #familytrip #love #thegreatestlove #mothersdaygift #motherhood #gift

Delicious perk from my Roman artichokes cooking cl

Delicious perk from my Roman artichokes cooking class…mint and garlic infused anise-hinted artichoke. A magical combination! #ilovemyjob

#italianchef #italiancooking #italianfood #cookitalian #cookingclass #italiancookingclass #italyincalifornia #deborahcooks #deborahsitaliankitchen #theartofitalianliving #healthyeating #food #artichoke #carciofi #romanstyle #rome #spring #recipe #springdishes #foodandwine #food52 #nytimescooking #bonappetit #marthastewart #lacucinaitalianausa

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