OCTOBER GROCERY SHOPPING: PUMPKIN AND MUSHROOMS Autumn started a few weeks ago and there are already some of the season’s delicacies on our tables: zucca (pumpkin) and funghi porcini (Boletus edulis, cep mushrooms). The Italian name porcini (pronounced “por-CHEE-nee”) means ‘piglets’, probably to the fondness pigs have for eating them. Porcini have more proteins than […]
