Let food be thy medicine Podcast by Retired International Sicilian chef & Author Carmela D'Amore

Let food be thy medicine Podcast by Retired International Sicilian chef & Author Carmela D'Amore

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Let food be thy medicine Podcast by Retired International Sicilian chef & Author Carmela D'Amore episodes

  • SPEAK 🗣 YOUR MOTHER LANGUAGE
    So many have hidden treasures in their soul. Many of us children of migrants have been stunted from speaking our dialect because we have been shamed or ridiculed by others. We should not be ashamed of what we carry inside of us, Sicilian, Calabrese etc, it is a treasure one that must be shared with others, no one wants it to become extinct, if we don’t share it or speak 🗣 it, we have lost this precious language that is centuries years old.
    28 min
  • Pasta 🍝 e Fagioli
    A simple elegant inexpensive nutritious soup from the Roman Gods. What is your version of pasta e fagioli or do you say pasta e fazool? Who first cooked this dish for you? Where are your family from? How long has it been since you ate it?
    16 min
  • PASTA 🍝 ALLA NORMA SICILIANA
    A very simple, elegant dish one that you will make for your family and friends when it’s summer 🌺 with the bountiful ingredients that Mother Nature brings to us in our garden. Simple ingredients you need eggplants 🍆 sauce, garlic 🧄 basil 🌿 and baked ricotta cheese. You will never be disappointed with this Sicilian dish that is centuries old. Happy Cooking 👩‍🍳 Carmela
    15 min
  • THE CHRONICLES OF CARMELA- ZIO GIOVANNI
    Food, conversation and connection was in the last few days there is a very important recipe I want to share with you, it is the Milazzese caponata that my zia Maria has made for decades. Red peppers 🌶 onions 🧅 potatoes 🥔 eggplants 🍆 garlic 🧄 sauce, virgin olive oil all sliced and cooked in the frying pan, until tender it is delicious the herb you use with this dish is basil 🌿 absolutely scrumptious! Family passes many traits, what is important? Who is important? In this episode zio Giovanni’s journey is the protagonist. Happy cooking Carmela 👩‍🍳
    20 min
  • THE CHRONICLES OF CARMELA - SWORDFISH & MATHEW
    Well once again we chat about food. There are so many ways of cooking swordfish, grill, bbq, meatballs (polpetti) fried, oven, skewers (involtini) my memories are rich, the side salad of caponata- fried eggplants, celery, onions, olives, capers, pine nuts, red peppers in a sweet and sour dressing made up from white wine vinegar and sugar makes this summer salad delectable! And then I wander and chat with you about my second son Mathew who is homeless. Oh dear life certainly isn’t easy, I could have crawled into a hole and dug myself a deep pit and stayed there, but no I am grateful that I have been able to see this situation with different lenses, it took years for me to see it this way. I will admit that I would rather this way than harming myself. So swordfish and Mathew is this podcast. Happy cooking 👩‍🍳 Carmela
    25 min
  • THE CHRONICLES OF CARMELA- FRITADEDDA SICILIANA

    The delicious of what the seasons bring into our lives, we reap in return the benefit of wellness, deliciousness and delicacy of the produce.  Braised artichokes, broadbeans and peas, if you have never tried this recipe, please do yourself a favour to taste the delicacy it gives you.

    The produce of this season which is the springtime, everything must be fresh only the peas frozen is okay, in this recipe that I share with you today.

    This recipe is a product of sweet and sourness of what the earth produces in the seasons.

    The experience that food brings joy and happiness is truth, try this.

    You will need:

    4 artichokes cleaned and quartered placed in a bowl with lemon and ice water

    Virgin Olive Oil

    1/2 a spanish onion diced

    1 glove of garlic crushed

    300 grams of broad beans pealed

    200 grams of fresh peas or frozen

    1/2 cup of mint leaves

    pecorino cheese

    lemon zest

    white wine vinegar of homemade white wine vinegar

    serve with lemon wedges, grated pecorino cheese and fresh mint leaves, eat with fresh bread, a glass of wine and enjoy!

    The memories that I share with you are priceless every time I remember it brings back much joy, happiness, and great wealth my way, in return I want to share with you, hoping that you feel that connection that food brings to us.

    Simple Cucina Povera Food that comes from humble beginnings that migrants bought with them with their own memories, to share with us, the magic of food, that Food is Life.

    It brings joy to us when we remember the past and share it with our own family and friends.

    I feel very blessed to have had a childhood filled with richness and one that has created a passionate business in cooking classes with my pupils and clients.

    Remember if you don't have the garden go to the markets or the local market and ask them to get them in for you.  Make a day of it, with a friend or your own grandchild and share the recipe go home and cook it, it will take about 20 minutes to cook, half an hour to peel, and a lifetime of memories to create.

    Food is life

    Happy Cooking

    Carmela

    18 min
  • THE CHRONICLES OF CARMELA- MAKING SPANISH OMELETTE 👩‍🍳

    There is nothing as delicious 🤤 as eating and making a meal 🥘 one that has traveled with me for over 5 generations. You will need: red onions or St. Tropez onions, organic eggs 🥚 parsley 🌿 pecorino cheese virgin olive 🫒 oil.

    There are so many ways to make this quick easy meal that will keep for the day, if you are going on a picnic this is the best to take with you, it keeps and tastes delicious outdoors.

    You can dice the potatoes or scallop them which ever way you desire, this is your omelette.  You can learn from this and make it your own.  My gift to you.

    Sharing this recipe is an honour and a privilege, keeping the memory alive of my nonno is my gift.

    Remember to dice the onions, and potatoes, whisk the eggs adding salt and pepper, then grating pecorino cheese in with the eggs and chopped parsley, browning the potatoes and onions then placing the eggs in the pan on a hot heat, remember to place a lid for a few minutes, then turning the omelette over.

    (if you don't have parsley rosemary is better as this herb is all year round) it even tastes more delicious with rosemary, potatoes and rosemary are a great marriage!) 

    Once the omelette is cooking place it on a plate with some paper towels to absorb the oil for a few minutes, while you are doing this you can make a salad and prepare your table.

    BUON APPETITO

    CARMELA 

    20 min
  • RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS
    What is the recipe for happiness?
    Believe me there really is a recipe for happiness.
    We search our entire life, it is there always within us it is about unlocking it, discovering it within.
    choice, make it a contract with yourself.
    implement it into your life, make room, for the seed to grow.
    Create a place where you feel happy and build from there.
    Build the bricks, like? what makes you happy? find your happy place, stop looking as you will exhaust yourself, everything you need is within.
    Surround yourself with friends and people who are like minded.
    Make it a daily ritual where you live happy.
    Happiness is a state of mind, spirit and body.
    Continue to make it a choice.
    Eat happy food.
    Happiness is weaving the moments of joy and making a tapestry of life in them.
    Happiness can also be found through people, spending time, with them, be mindful of what it is about them that makes you happy.  Listen to your inner self, and ask the questions to yourself.  Like:  Why do I feel happy when I am with them?  What is it about them that makes me happy?  How can I take these treasures of happiness and bring them home with me?  Build from these moments.  
    Finding purpose in happiness becomes your service to the universe, this is what you came here for.
    Happiness unlocks the door to gratitude, joy, love, kindness meekness and it becomes your natural state of living.
    Happiness has a partner called JOY.
    When we experience joy, we can actually remain in this state, regardless of our circumstances it becomes our choice.
    Gratefulness is a way of living.
    Grateful for living, to be grateful at all times in this state we reap joy.
    This is a gift we give to ourselves.
    Mantra:
    Everyday, I will look within, God will unveil and direct my path, this is my journey.
    Choose Happiness
    Carmela
    24 min

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Healing through cultural food. How do the seasons teach us and guide us on what to eat. It’s important to remember our culture as it is the very ingredient of who we are.