One Pot Wonder
One pot wonder. I’m basically camping. I have 1 pan. 1 knife. 1 wooden spoon. And yet I cook myself lunch and dinner. Quail. Because I’m in Tuscany, and it’s readily available. Stuffed zucchini flowers because they are so robust it would be a crime not to plunder. There will be leftovers and with the last of the zucchini flowers, I’ll make Zucchini Flower Spaghetti. Pecorino. Olive Oil. Garlic. Saffron. I Ohhh I should return to Tuscany in October for the harvest in Abruzzo. It takes 200 crocus blooms hand-picked to produce 1 gram of saffron. But today it’s Squash Blossoms. I improvise the recipe with the ingredients I have on hand. Stuffing with mozzarella and rolling in eggs and focaccia crumbs. Frying in the pan right alongside my Quail, porcini mushrooms and pine nuts. That bird is not a lady. Her legs are splayed because I didn’t tie her ankles closed and now her pose is downright vulgar. I must remember to travel with cooking twine next time. To tie her ankles closed. We must be proper. I travel with tablecloths. My own cutlery. One silver tray and one cutting board. Linen napkins. Plus my good knife.
After my last Tuscan cooking video a friend referred to me as “the hand” I fear this time I might be called “the boobs” as the video fell from my face when filming. #imnotaninfluencerkindofinfluencer#howdoyoudothisshit I’m also not wearing makeup and I’ve been sweating in the sun. But I am happy. Relaxed. And that looks good on me. Lately I’ve been losing pretense. Here at @ancoradelchianti I am in my happy place. Cooking. Painting. Reading. Traveling with my cats. Sitting in the Sun during endless conference calls. My life feels like one big @theantiquesdiva conference call. Note the wine. @verrazzano_castello - the winery I wrote about last month which is the origin of NYCs Verrazano Bridge. This is going to be a really good summer. A Tuscan Summer.
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