Fresh: Baccalà, a holiday star

Dec 12, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Best kept secret on the Italian pescatarian table? Baccalà. Salt cod. Yes, you heard me right:...

Fresh: The Thanksgiving Leftovers Party

Nov 29, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Today's Mission

The setting: a posh apartment in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The cast: Twenty well-appointed New...

Fresh: Beans, tuna and red onion salad

Oct 25, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Mothering a teenager who storms through the door at the end of the day ready to eat the...

Fresh: Iced espresso in almond milk

Aug 8, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Good morning, Mission. You caught me in the midst of a month-long guest chef instructor gig here....

Fresh: Lighten up, eggplant parmigiana

Jul 25, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Good morning Mission, I am starting the last week of my July guest chef instructor residency in...

Fresh: Rethinking gnocchi with semolina, Roman style

Jun 27, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Gnocchi is the Italian word for dumplings. The most popular in the family are the ubiquitous...

Fresh: One-pot meals and dinner conversations — Pasta e fagioli

Jun 13, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter

I clicked on Priya Parker’s insightful Ted Talk yesterday morning on “turning get-togethers into...

Fresh: One-pot meals and dinner conversations over fish stew

May 30, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Today's Mission

I had more than one reason to transition to teaching home cooks after 20+ years of experience as a...

Fresh: Legacies — feminism and food

May 23, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Things I learned from my mother: Making great pesto Being almost always polite Managing my own...

Fresh: Rain brings on the urge for the comfort of chicken cacciatore

May 16, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter

This week I was going to be all about the bright-tendrils-tender-blooms talk that colors San...

Fresh: Rhubarb and strawberry cake

May 9, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Today's Mission

FRESH, A weekly column on buying and cooking food by cooking instructor Viola Buitoni. Featuring...

Scafata with Viola Buitoni

Oct 16, 2011 | Food, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

The perfect spring dish for fall

What to Wear for Doomsday and the Perfect Final Meal Before the Rapture Strikes

May 20, 2011 | Food, Front Page, Topics

A) WTF does one wear when facing the probability of eternal damnation? And, B) what would appear in a suitably memorable last meal?

Market Fresh: Tagliatelle with Spring Vegetables

May 7, 2011 | Food, Front Page, Topics

Notes from Viola explain which are cooking eggs and which are eating eggs!

Where Does an Italian Cook Shop in the Mission?

Mar 16, 2011 | Food, Front Page, Topics

A few things about Viola Buitoni: She’s Italian, she’s a mother, she can cook, she lives in the...

Another Rainy Weekend to Keep the Telly Off 2-18 to 2-25

Feb 18, 2011 | La Tira Comica, Topics

Another Rainy Weekend to Keep the Telly Off 2-18 to 2-25 Hey Kids! is a weekly feature looking at what’s coming up for families and kids of all ages. Keep expecting rain, tonight, tomorrow, maybe less on Sunday, and back with a...

Author: Viola Buitoni

Scafata with Viola Buitoni

What to Wear for Doomsday and the Perfect Final Meal Before the Rapture Strikes

Market Fresh: Tagliatelle with Spring Vegetables

Where Does an Italian Cook Shop in the Mission?

Another Rainy Weekend to Keep the Telly Off 2-18 to 2-25

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