Tag Archives: mozzarella

Buffalo Mozzarella 101

By Janelle | Published 07/20/2010

Italy is big into protecting their food-and-wine making techniques of the past. They know a good thing when they see it. Fresh buffalo mozzarella is made exclusively from water buffalo milk; cow’s milk mozzarella is also called fior di latte.
Buffalo Mozzarella—specifically Mozzarella di Bufala Campana—is the most notorious of mozzarella cheeses in all of Italy—and really, of all the world. Why wouldn’t you want to put a fence… [more]

Red, white and… green.

By Janelle | Published 03/12/2010

This is a mini-tribute to the Italian flag. I am living here, after all. So why not?
Red: pizza sauce I make from scratch. My kids love it… so much so that they prefer eating pizza IN. It is simply [and very, very conveniently] my basic tomato sauce, pushed through the smallest holes of a food mill (my basic sauce is pushed through large holes). I just add… [more]

tip of the week: mozzarella meatballs

By Janelle | Published 10/06/2008

Tip of the week is ‘tongue in cheek, ‘ since I don’t actually offer tips every week. And to be fair, I won’t be offering them each week going forward. I will, however, give you a tip this week—and many other randomly assigned weeks. You can peek at some of my past tips, given invariably during some week or another: check out scissors and ice cube trays,… [more]