Visit the Kitchen of Fiore Di Nonno

Photo: Kelly Creedon

There’s nothing like starting off the weekend with a slice of fresh mozzarella! Occasionally, we bring you a multimedia extravaganza from our favorite kitchens. Watch and listen to our PRK slideshow of what’s going on at Fiore di Nonno.

Fiore di Nonno’s creations are the work of Lourdes Fiore Smith, a culinary talent who came to cheesemaking later in her career. Introduced to mozzarella by her cheesemaking grandfather, Lourdes never actually received his original recipe. Her interest in bringing his cheese back to life resulted in a multi-year journey of tasting, touching and smelling.

With her foundational recipe secure, she branched into experimental projects with local chefs like Ana Sortun while still providing fresh mozzarella and burrata to local food shops and farmer’s markets.  It seems the period of creation is never over; when we visited her earlier this winter, she was pursuing new collaborations with more chefs.

Photos: Kelly Creedon

Fiore Smith’s delights are crafted in a fantastic space in Somerville….a building that also houses Taza Chocolate’s bean to bar operation. PRK visited that space recently and we discovered quite a story……
WATCH OUR AUDIO SLIDESHOW

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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.

4 thoughts on “Visit the Kitchen of Fiore Di Nonno”

  1. Lou Benson

    This is some of the best cheese you will ever eat anywhere. Lourdes’ variations on the buratta theme are inspired. How lucky we are to have her kitchen right in Somerville.

  2. Captain Mike

    Great story and photos. Makes me want to go right out and get some. One of the delights of life, good mozzarella.
    Thanks

  3. Sharon Webb

    Lourdes Fiori Smith makes beautiful and wonderfully fresh and delicious mozzarella cheese. Buy some; you won’t regret it!!!