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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Winter. In all its frosty glory…how I pine for spring! To be fair, winter in my hood has been fairly mild this year. No snow (yet) which is unusual for late January. With only a few months left in the season, I am in my glory. Signs of spring are starting to creep into the daily newsfeed, catalogs, blogs. I know – not so fast. I must bide my time and wait out the winter chill – which at the least means that I can tuck myself into the kitchen with cookbooks and pots, not feeling at all guilty about staying inside while the winter wind does her thing outside.

Continue reading Nesting in Winter: Spaghetti Nests (Nidi di Spaghetti) at Our Italian Table.