104 days until Italy.  104 days until lemon gelato. 104 days until carciofi alla guidia (fried artichokes). 104 days until melon gelato. 104 days until pasta alla carbonara. 104 days until pistachio gelato. 104 days until a steamy mound of pasta… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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174 days until we leave for Italy but really, who’s counting? Me. There are few things that can make me grin wider than my daily pilgrimage to the wall calendar where I use a wide point Sharpee to make another big sloppy X through that day’s date… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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All it takes for a dinner of Bucatini Mock Amatriciana is a bowl of onions, crushed tomatoes, salt, peperoncino flakes, bucatini (thick spaghetti), grated pecorino, Lidia’s Italy cookbook and a little time. If there’s anything more beautiful… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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What. A. Great. Evening. Tonight our Rakestraw, our local independent bookstore hosted an incredible evening that brought together chefs Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Joey Altman. While known nationally Joey is best known in the Bay area for… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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