Living Villa Cappelli

Orecchiette with broccoli rabe is one of the signature dishes in Puglia. In this podcast, Paul and I are joined by Anna Vocino as we talk all about this amazing dish. Topics we cover: How long it's been since Anna's last visit in person How Paul and I are getting married now that gay marriage is recognized in Italy The different versions and spelling so broccoli rabe For the record, it's spelled rabe, or raab, and sometimes called rapini. In Puglia, it's called cime di rape (roughly translate to turnip tops) We discuss more of the broccoli rabe characteristics, which I cover more in detail below In northern Italy, they will throw away the little "heads" of the broccoli rabe and eat only the leaves In some places in southern Italy, they will throw away the leaves and each only the "heads" We eat everything What exactly caper berries are and where they come from Essentially, a caper is a small bud on a caper bush. You pick these buds before they flower and preserve them to have capers If you don't pick t