Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Contest! We had a good time reading and imagining how your dishes would taste. Be sure to check back on Friday when Gina De Palma will announce who the winners are and who will receive the autographed cookbooks from herself [...]

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One of my favorite things to do anywhere is visit Farmers’ markets, and the Farmers’ market at the Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco is one of the best! This Saturday, many food bloggers who I consider friends, even if I haven’t met all of them, are meeting in San Francisco for BlogHer Food 2009. [...]

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Part 2 in a series about how Prosciutto di Parma is made when I visited a prosciuttificio (prosciutto factory) during the Festival del Prosciutto in the province of Parma. Part 1: Making Prosciutto di Parma: the Salting Part 2: Making Prosciutto di Parma: the Drying and Sugna Part 3: Making Prosciutto di Parma: the Maturing [...]

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Prosciutto crudo di Parma, or cured ham, may be one of the most popular Italian foods known – but do you know how it’s made? Part 1 in a series about how Prosciutto di Parma is made when I visited a prosciuttificio (prosciutto factory) during the Festival del Prosciutto in the province of Parma. Part [...]

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I’ll get back to the prosciutto soon, but first… Last year Michelle from Bleeding Espresso and I joined with 50 other bloggers for the O Foods Contest to raise awareness about ovarian cancer, and this year we’re so happy to have Gina De Palma back and helping us with this year’s contest! September is Ovarian [...]

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