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Italian

This Not That: Pasta Carbonara

by Jennie Tai June 15, 2012
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Love pasta carbonara, but not the thousands of calories it packs in every bowl? Here’s a healthier, and just as tasty alternative. Swap out the spaghetti for a wheat-based pasta, the normal bacon with extra lean turkey bacon, and instead of mixing the noodles with an egg and garlic cream mixture at the end – [...]

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Recipe Box: Spinach Fettucine & Porcini Truffle Cream Sauce

by Jennie Tai April 8, 2011
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I like to think that before there were ever any fancy metal Pasta Making machines, or Non-Stick Rolling Pins – this was the way the Italians made pasta in their homes from scratch. Pin It

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Per L’Anima

by Jennie Tai March 14, 2011
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One of my favorite scenes from Eat Pray Love, was when Liz eyed a silk dress at a store in Italy, and bought it just for herself. While wearing this dress, she prepared a small lunch to enjoy on the carpet of her apartment while reading the newspaper, and basked in the sun light that [...]

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