Winter will not quit here in the East! Snowed again last eve and we are expecting another few inches tomorrow nite. My dear brother out in sunny California keeps reminding me of how wonderfully warm it is in LA this time of year. I keep reminding him that I am much closer to Italy than he is. Sibling love 🙂

What better way to brighten up my winter’s day than with food! Not wanting to go out in the snow, I spied a few sweet potatoes in the pantry and decided to spend a peaceful morning making some yummy sweet potato gnocchi.

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Growing up in an Italian American household meant that our household chores were, at times, a bit different than those from other neighborhood kids. Included on our list was helping our mother make homemade pasta. And she did so on a regular basis. She would send dishes of delicious homemade macaroni with pots of meatballs and sauce all over the neighborhood. (She didn’t drive a car so she was forever reminding yelling at my father to retrieve her dishes and pots from friends and family.) Holidays or family celebrations called for delicious homemade ricotta ravioli, labor intensive capelletti in brodo, passatelli or the family favorite, gnocchi.

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When we started our “Wandering…” series featuring region-specific food around Italy, we emailed our friends at Borgo Floreani in the heart of Friuli–Venezia Giulia for some ideas. We stayed at this lovely agriturismo in 2010. The owners, Federica & Carlo, were delightful hosts. This is a trip I will never forget.

Carlo recommended this wonderful and simple recipe for butternut squash gnocchi. It’s pretty f00lproof as gnocchi recipes go. You will be tempted to add more flour to make the dough less sticky, but DON’T!

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