Skills Set III: Italian Delights

Photo: Courtesy of EatBoutique!

I love this column and have so much fun putting it together.  I recently called out for ideas and submissions for today’s entry and I received quite a few suggestions.  I pooled together some of my favorites and saw a clear theme runnning through them: italian, italian, italian.

Who doesn’t love a great bowl of pasta? Or maybe some delicious burrata? Here are some “to-do” options with BEAUTIFUL recipes and instructions.  Maybe you can even whip up some fresh gnocchi for dinner?

Happy Skill Building and keep those ideas coming.

Gnocchi For Gnovices

Maggie Battista of EatBoutique! holds our hand as she takes a stab at homemade gnocchi.  From dough to filling, here is the real deal.

DIY Ricotta Cheese

OMG, Mary Reilly.  This is divine.  Cooking 4 the Week’s blogess shares some of her wisdom in the area of dairy-love. Can you imagine serving your OWN ricotta at a dinner party? Don’t be shy…it seems pretty doable (if not somewhat challenging) to me.

PRK Meet-Up

Spaces are still available for our potluck foodie soiree.  Come on down to WBUR and introduce yourself.  Mingle, learn, and EAT all at the same time.  Details are HERE

Yum.

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Associate Producer, Here & Now Most recently, Jessica worked as an associate producer at WBUR's daily local program, Radio Boston. Jessica moved to Boston in 2008 and has lived many places since leaving her native Texas. After graduating from college, Jessica worked as a federal employee, documentary film festival producer, oral historian, university teaching assistant, traveling saleswoman and klezmer musician. Her work and projects have appeared in The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Bust, Barnard Magazine, National Public Radio, Public Radio International (PRI), and the BBC. Jessica's freelance radio work has received various awards including accolades from the Religion Newswriters Association and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. As a Fulbright Scholar in El Salvador, Jessica collected and studied oral histories from the Jewish Community based in San Salvador. Jessica received her B.A. in political science from Columbia University’s Barnard College and her M.A. in history from Indiana University. She learned how to make radio from the phenomenal folks at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Jessica lives in Somerville with her husband, twin son and daughter, and two cats. To learn more about Jessica’s projects, both current and past, please visit www.jessicaalpert.com.