Pots Cats and Small Things
25 February 2021
I'm tired. But I continue to look at the moon. Enchanted.
Maybe I should not do it, it's not my role, it is no more my role. But this day, dedicated to the preparation of "SALSA”, the classic “tomato passata” , was unforgettable.
Nowadays this Puglia tradition has become lost, because also here in every supermarket you can find platforms of “tomato passata” offered for cheap price.
Anyone is invited to cast away this authentic tradition and “home made salsa” is going to be thrown into oblivion.
But not me.
20 February 2023
In Southern Italy, during the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, from Naples to Palermo, included Puglia, with little differences from a region to the other, the Chefs of the noble families used to prepare wonderful, elaborated dishes, often derived from France. The Master Chefs from Naples to Palermo were called “Monsieur”, name converted and italianized in “Monzù” or “Monsù”.