Category Made by Maddie
Cacio e Pepe
Originally published on Young In Rome Although I like to pretend to be quite the accomplished chef, I recently came to the realization that after 5 months in Italy, not only have I not mastered the classic Roman pastas, I’ve never even made some of them! For the uninitiated, the traditional cucina romana primi features […]
Easter Feaster
Has it really been two whole months since we’ve last seen each other? Well, between a plethora of visitors and a new side project, Headline Foods has been slacking off a little. My bad. Seriously. I mean honestly, we’ve missed fava bean season entirely, carciofi romani disappeared from the markets weeks ago, and it’s so freaking hot […]
Melanzane Monday: Torta Rustica
Life here in Rome lately has been chock-full of visitors. Since the beginning of March it seems like every week someone’s mom/sister/long lost college roommate’s ex boyfriend’s cousin’s dog has been visiting. Which on the one hand is a perfect excuse to do things like make reservations for the “let’s all collectively nerd out together […]
Life in Italy is a State of Permanent Brunch
I’d like to go on record. Today, April 3, 2011, I, Madeleine Corey DeWitt, developed a theory (spoiler alert: it’s the title of the post): Life in Italy is a state of permanent brunch. Please follow along while I defend my thesis, and, with any luck, earn a laurel wreath to wear atop my head […]
Just Another Melanzane Monday
Is fortune fleeting or is teaching terrible? Regardless, last Monday morning dawned on a calendar free of obligation or care. Aka I got fired. Well, that’s a bit dramatic – suffice to say I had a brief return to the Roman job market in search of more stimulating employment. And what better way to spend […]
Holy Mackerel!
Well, here I am, almost a month into my life in Rome, with barely a pork roast to show for it. Between job searching and starting, apartment hunting, and running around the city looking at really cool old things (4th Century Hypogeum, what up!), I have seriously lacked the time to take a daily […]
Welcome to Rome
It’s hard to have a bad meal in Rome. It is particularly hard to have a bad first meal in Rome. And it’s nearly impossible to have a bad meal in Rome, the night you arrive, if you’re helping to cook it yourself and sharing it with a convivial mix of old and new friends. […]
Baity’s Birthday Bolognese and An Important Announcement Regarding the Future of Headline Foods
Remember back last spring when I was doing that whole “Countdown to Italy” series? Because I was going to visit some friends in Rome for a week and I was super excited about it, and thus cooking all kinds of Italian food at home and/or writing about that cooking class I took a few summers […]
Battle Pumpkin Part Deux: Pepper Pumpkin Polenta
Even though some people claim that pumpkin is old news, what with it being January now and all, I’m still going to share this doozy with you. Because one, I made it Thanksgiving weekend, aka the mother of all pumpkiny weekends, and two, it was really interesting and worth discussing. And tasty as hell.Of the many […]
A Devilishly Delicious Dinner Party
I love a good dinner party. Well, I love talking, I love eating, I love wine, as evidenced by this blog I love cooking, and since a good dinner party brings all of those together in spades, it’s almost by default that I love a good dinner party. And so, with my time in Brooklyn […]
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