Tuscan Summer Cooking: Giulia Scarpaleggia’s Vegetable Playbook
About this episode
This episode features Tuscan cooking teacher Giulia Scarpaleggia discussing Italian vegetable recipes and cooking techniques.
This episode highlights so many Italian vegetable recipes: ideas for cooking eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and all the other produce that's at its peak right now. Your expert guide: Tuscan cooking teacher and cookbook author Giulia Scarpaleggia, whose most recent book is Vegetables the Italian Way . Tune in to learn why you should salt your eggplant even though modern versions aren't as bitter, what to make with tomatoes that aren't fantastic, and the most important steps to making pesto. Recipes and links, plus our big summer giveaway: TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com –––––– Thanks to this week's sponsors: Find Massican Wines at your local wine shop or Massican.com (21+ only) Made In Cookware: Visit madein.cc/dinnerplan to unlock your discount offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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