Articles Posted in the Chef Efisio Farris Category
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Pig Out!
Suckling pig is one of the most renowned culinary traditions and the centerpiece of our most important celebrations in Sardinia. On my island, we roast meats on a spit and it is often the men’s job much like barbequing in America. The men surround the fire to talk, laugh and drink wine while the women [...]
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Saba – The New Secret Sauce
For all the grillers out there….here is a SECRET SABA is the new “IT” sauce After a winemaker presses the grapes he then takes the skins and simmers them in copper kettles over an open flame – and saba is the resulting sweet reduction of grape must. It’s the same must used for balsamic vinegar, [...]
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Delicious Lamb – An Easter Treat
I come from a place where sheep out number people 3 to 1. Sardinia, my native island, is known as the “land of shepherds” and we have more than 100,000 people who claim this as their occupation. Since ancient times, lamb has been regarded as a religious symbol. Sheep were commonly used for sacrifice. Lamb [...]
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Demystifying Risotto
You never forget the”AHA” moment, that instant of clarity when you finally understand how to do something that has puzzled you for a long time. That is what happens when you learn how to make risotto. It seems that it is a dish so complicated that only the greatest of Italian chefs can create it. [...]
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The Ultimo Super Bowl Spread
Friendship begins and ends at the table. The toasts and the breaking of bread are the essentials of camaraderie. They are the absolute essence of the meaning of life. What could ever be better than that? The answer: A table laden with food and drink and the television turned to a championship game. And the [...]
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