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May 22
59m 39s

A Regional Cookie Tour of Italy

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About this episode

This week on Good Food:

  • Domenica Marchetti bakes the regional cookies of Italy. 
  • Giulia Scarpaleggia moves beyond pasta as she cooks vegetables the Italian way. 
  • Mariana Velásquez assembles a deconstructed pie bar worthy of a long weekend. 
  • At farmers markets, an unusually warm spring means melons in May.

Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.

 

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