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Fante’s Kitchen Shop Events Our History Italian Market ← Older posts by Liana | October 10, 2018 · 4:33 pm Chef Angela Cicala’s Walnut Cake Chef Angela Cicala’s newsletter from anticoitaliantravel.com hit our inbox and we immediately needed to bake her Walnut Cake recipe. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of tasting Chef’s desserts, they are delicate and nuanced, and never too sweet. (You can currently take classes with her at her home, and will be able to enjoy all of her pastries when the much anticipated Cicala at the Divine Lorraine opens!) It was easy to source all the ingredients from our pantry and the 9th street market. (We found walnut oil at Talluto’s on 9th and Carpenter.) Continue reading → Leave a comment Filed under Cake , Recipes Tagged as baking , bundt , Cake , recipe , walnut by Fante’s Kitchen Shop | March 20, 2018 · 11:28 am How to Choose the Pizzelle Iron That’s Right For You While perusing our shelves full of beautiful and intricately designed pizzelle irons, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Which one do I want? Which one is the best?” are common questions we encounter – and the answers to these questions will vary based on your preferences. The most important questions you need to ask when choosing an iron are these: Do I prefer an uncoated cast aluminum finish or a nonstick coating?” and Do I like my pizzelle paper thin, or a little thicker?” Continue reading → 39.935064 -75.151619 8 Comments Filed under Cookie , Holiday , Pizzelle Tagged as chefschoice , cucinapro , italian , palmer , pizzelle , pizzelleiron by Fante’s Kitchen Shop | August 9, 2017 · 4:20 pm Tomato Machines – Mariella’s Summertime Tradition Summer holds so many great food memories from my childhood in Italy. One of my favorites is the smell and taste of a ripe tomato right off the vine. Everyone in our town had a vegetable garden, and no matter its size, there were always lots of tomato plants. After all, the gravy (sauce) that we canned had to last for a whole year of pasta meals. Nonna Assunta with her baby, our Mamma Antonietta My nonna loved to harvest the plum tomatoes. She cut them in half, squeezed the seeds and liquid out, sprinkled them with salt and placed them on a white sheet in the sun to dry. While helping nonna, I got to taste them as they grew progressively dryer and more intense in flavor. Yum! My mom did the rest of the work with the tomatoes. She blanched them and ran them through a food mill to remove the skin and seeds, and then put them in jars. It was a time consuming task that was repeated a number of times during tomato season, and well worth it. Continue reading → 1 Comment Filed under Canning ← Older posts Search Fante’s Kitchen Search for: Instagram Follow Blog via Email Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Follow News from Fante’s Kitchen Shop Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Join our Email List Posts by Subject Posts by Subject Select Category Beverage (9) Wine (1) Bread (5) Cake (12) Candy (2) Canning (4) Coffee (8) Cookbooks (1) Cookie (8) Cookware (8) Cupcake (2) Flavoring (7) Fruit (5) Gadget (7) Garnish (3) Holiday (19) Ice Cream (2) Knife (8) Meat (4) Molecular Gastronomy (5) Pancake (1) Pasta (10) Pizza (4) Pizzelle (4) Recipes (1) Rice (2) Smoke (1) Soup (1) Special Items (6) Special Pages (15) Spice (3) Treat (6) Veggie (9) Fante’s Kitchen Shop 1006 S 9th St Philadelphia PA 19147-4707 (215) 922-5557 Store Hours: Tue-Sat 9-5, Sun 930-130 Privacy Policy Fante’s Kitchen · Fante’s Kitchen Shop – Since 1906 Blog at WordPress.com. Post to...