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Cooking Toward Summer

A live video and some great recipes
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Laurel Evans and Domenica Marchetti
May 25, 2026

Thanks to everyone who joined my live video with Domenica Marchetti yesterday! We had a great time chatting about summer recipes, the ingredients we can’t wait to find at the market again, and the beauty of simple things .

As promised, I’m pasting the links to some of the recipes we mentioned during the episode below.

Laurel’s Recipes

Fried Squash Blossoms, Sage Leaves, and More...

Fried Squash Blossoms, Sage Leaves, and More...

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June 3, 2025
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Cherry Tomato Tarte Tatin

Cherry Tomato Tarte Tatin

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July 2, 2025
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The Perfect Pesto Recipe

The Perfect Pesto Recipe

Laurel Evans
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June 24, 2025
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Grilled Peaches with Whipped Mascarpone Cream

Grilled Peaches with Whipped Mascarpone Cream

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July 15, 2025
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Domenica’s Recipes

Buona Domenica
Peperoni Arrosto con Bagnèt Verd
Silky lobes of roasted peppers form a bed for piquant sauce in this colorful fall antipasto from Piemonte. October peppers in Italy are large and rectangular and demand attention. Roasting them whole until they nearly—but not quite—collapse makes them easy to peel and coaxes out their sweetness. Both in color and taste, they are a natural partner for th…
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8 months ago · 5 likes
Buona Domenica
Gilda's Insalata di Riso
My mom had three older sisters, none of whom ever married. They shared an apartment in Rome, near Villa Ada, and each managed to forge for herself a respectable career in an era where most Italian women stayed home and raised children…
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10 months ago · 4 likes
Buona Domenica
Minestra di Pasta e Piselli
In spring, you might find fresh English peas, still in their pods, at your local farmers’ market, just waiting to be shelled and turned into this soup. For the rest of the year, there are flash-frozen peas at your local supermarket. Either works nicely in this recipe. If you are using fresh peas, remember that they are perishable and turn starchy quickl…
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3 years ago
Buona Domenica
Strawberry-Rhubarb Polenta Cake
I’ve made more than a few variations on this simple cake over the years. Sometimes I substitute almond flour for the cornmeal; or I use different seasonal fruit. Be sure to use finely ground cornmeal, as coarse-grind will give you a tough cake. Also, dollop the fruit in small clumps on top of the batter; large clumps will all sink to the bottom, which i…
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3 years ago
Buona Domenica
Granita di Caffè con Panna
There are only three ingredients in granita di caffè con panna if you don’t count water: coffee, sugar, and whipping cream. So, as is the general rule with Italian ingredients, they need to be good; the espresso should be brewed strong, with just the right balance of sugar stirred in, and with cream as fresh as you can find. Here are some tips to help y…
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3 years ago

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