Anna Maria Volpi

About Anna Maria Volpi

Anna Maria Volpi is a chef, award winning cookbook writer, and cooking instructor. Her website and newsletter http://www.annamariavolpi.com/page28.html has taken recipe-writing to a higher standard featuring step-by-step illustrated traditional Italian recipes.
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A Brief History of Pizza: The Dish that Conquered the World

Pizza, the way we know it today, is a derivation from focaccia (from the Latin word for fire), flat bread that has been prepared since antiquity in different forms and garnished with herbs, olives, fat, raisin, honey, and nuts.
Date Posted: March 27, 2006

Eat Moderately

The first step to loose weight and be healthy is to control your eating habits. Loosing weight starts with eating moderately.Did you know that your new automobile is likely to have a larger cup-holder than your older model?
Date Posted: March 15, 2006

Alfredo, and Who on Earth Was He?

If you ask for pasta with Alfredo sauce at a restaurant in Italy all you get from your waiter is a stare. Why is one of the most famous “Italian sauces” for pasta unknown in its country of origin?
Date Posted: August 28, 2004

The True Hystory of Tiramisu'

Open an old Italian cookbook, browse through the index and… surprise! No Tiramisu’. My first encounter with Tiramisu’ was in 1985. I was in Italy at that time: A friend of mine told me about this new recipe she got.
Date Posted: January 19, 2004