Category: venetian
Don’t Toss Those Spinach Stems! Channel Your Inner Jewish Nonna and Make Testine di Spinaci
May 10, 2020
Like a lot of people, this pandemic has got me doubling down on reducing food waste. Not that it was ever something I didn’t care about, but every last scrap has never seemed more precious than it does right now. For me, that means cooking with some veggie scraps I formerly would’ve tossed without a […]
Venetian Purim Cookies: Impade
February 11, 2019
Given that my blog is called Poppy and Prune, you might assume I am a hamantaschen fan. And you wouldn’t be wrong. But I also love learning about lesser-known Purim delicacies. Like impade, a hard S-shaped cookie filled with almond paste, a traditional Venetian Jewish dolci (sweet) traditionally eaten at Purim, but also enjoyed year […]
Torta Turchesca: A Venetian Rice Pudding Tart for Shavuot
May 10, 2018
Part pie, part rice pudding, this luscious Venetian tart is 100% delicious.