Welcome to your source for the authentic and traditional foods of Italy and the Mediterranean in their cultural and historical context illustrated with hundreds of heirloom Italian and Mediterranean recipes fully-tested in the kitchen of James Beard award winning cookbook author Clifford A. Wright. This is the site for people for whom food is glorious and not fearsome, for people who watch their happiness before they watch their weight, for people who believe that behind every swallow is an insight into who they are. Here is your entry into the world of the most popular cuisines in the world, the world of all the culinary regions of Italy and the Mediterranean. You will find the culinary cultures of Italy and all the countries of the Mediterranean offered with the same depth and balance of recipes and their histories as you would in a flavorful bouillabaisse.
Cuisine does not spring from nowhere and it does not spring from restaurants. Cuisine is a cultural phenomenon that evolves from real people in kitchens cooking to provide food for their families guided by culture, history, agricultural, and need and wants. Here you will find REAL food. We hope you enjoy the recipes and culinary history posted here.
(Also please visit Zesterdaily where Clifford writes regularly and type in "Clifford Wright" in the search box for a full listing of all his articles. Clifford's blog, Cuisines-Mediterranean, is a companion to this web site.)
[photo of Clifford A. Wright: Michelle van Vliet]
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Fasting Soup
Potaje de Vigilia
(Soups)
Chickpea, potato, spinach soup with saffron, pine nuts, and sherry vinegar-soaked bread
posted: 01/02/2012
Makdus al-Badhinjan
Walnut-stuffed Pickled Baby Eggplants
(Antipasto, Meze, Tapas, and Hors d'Oeuvres)
Baby eggplant stuffed with walnuts and pickled with chiles
posted: 11/30/2011
Pizza Flamiche
Pizza Flamiche
(Pizza and Focaccia)
A Corsican version of the Alsatian pizza flamiche with onions and brocciu cheese.
posted: 10/27/2011
Cauliflower Gratin
Psito Kounoupithi
(Vegetables)
Cauliflower gratin with Bechamel sauce
posted: 10/02/2011
Anatolian Creamy Eggplant and Almond Salad
Nazuktan
(Antipasto, Meze, Tapas, and Hors d'Oeuvres)
Eggplant salad with yogurt, almonds, and pomegranate molasses
posted: 08/29/2011
