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Lia Perillo

Fun with sounds!

As mentioned in the previous article: Listen carefully!, we need our ears, eyes, mouth and hands to remember and write words correctly, but keep in mind that learning how to listen to sounds is fundamental.

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Lia's simple cooking
Lia Perillo

Pasta & Ceci / Pasta & Chickpeas

Pasta e ceci is our very special recipe from Bari, and I am forever grateful to my mother who cooked these wonderful meals as we were growing up in Melbourne. Also known as garbanzo beans in Middle Eastern cooking and are the basis for delicious dishes like hummus and falafel.

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Lia Perillo

Italian style Crostata

Not sure about the origins of this sweet, but I certainly remember the delicious crostata (to encrust) my aunt used to make when I visited Bari the first time. Pasta frolla is the Italian short-crust pastry dough also used to make La Pastiera Napoletana (see Enzo’s recipe) and made with flour, sugar, butter, baking power, grated lemon/orange rind, eggs and homemade jam.

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Lia's Professional
Lia Perillo

Listen carefully!

English is a global language of communication, but the spelling system can be illogical, tricky and un-phonetic. This is the first of a series of short articles dedicated to a topic which has always been part of my learning and teaching journey.

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Lia's simple cooking
Lia Perillo

Lia’s Tripe / Trippa

Butcher shops in Italy generally sell cleaned and par-cooked veal or beef tripe, the inner-stomach lining; do not try to clean it yourself! Believe me! There are many delicious regional versions in Italy.

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