Welcome to Mama's Italian Recipes Blog

So who is Mama? Mama is a full blooded Italian woman raised in Brooklyn New York surrounded with good food and Italian culture. I want to share the recipes of the old world with the new world. Known for her exceptional dishes she loves nothing more than to prepare and serve these recipes to her friends and family.

Now, we share them with you.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Pork and pumpkin (The News & Observer)

Italy's Umbria region and Eastern North Carolina have a lot in common. Both are still major tobacco-growing regions and both are keen on bitter greens, squash and pork in every guise. While traveling around Umbria in the fall a few years back, and again recently, I fell in love with the Italian way of serving pumpkin as a side dish for pork.

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