Americans tend to think of pizza as Italy’s national dish, but Italians — particularly northern Italians — would probably beg to differ. Wheat fields in the south give way to rice paddies in the north, and where you find rice, you’re more likely to find risotto on the menu rather than wheat-based pastas, breads, and [...]
Risotto is one of those luxurious dishes that I don’t take the time to make very often–the stirring and cooking seem to take forever. Maybe because it’s so hard not to immediately start eating something that smells so good! Fortunately, last week I invented a dish with that lovely creamy-crunchiness of risotto and a blend [...]
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