Ciao Italia: Fichi Freschi, Fichi Secchi - Fresh Figs, Dried Figs

Ciao Italia

Fichi Freschi, Fichi Secchi - Fresh Figs, Dried Figs (#1615)

The outdoor market in Martina Franca, Italy is filled with hungry customers shopping for their daily menus. Mary Ann joins the crowd to get some figs to take nella cucina where she makes a spectacular Dried Fig and Pear Tart, then a creamy, irresistible dessert; Figs in Wine with Cooked Cream. There's more to figs than Newtons.

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Program Description: Mary Ann Esposito, host of the longest-running cooking show on public television, travels around the United States and Rome, Italy in search of recipes that can be prepared in thirty-minutes or less for a busy audience that has time to enjoy great Italian food but doesn' t always have time to prepare it "the old way."

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