Risotto with Sausage, Green Apple, Pecorino and Honey too!
Montalcino may be best known for its splendid Brunello but it has some lesser known gems as well. Amongst its rolling hills fly amazing honeybees, …
Brighten Your Winter Day: Roasted Cauliflower and Kale Soup
Wowza – is it cold here on the east coast! I don’t ever remember it being this cold. It has been interesting to see how …
Brasato alla genovese (Genovese braised beef )
I made this dish for this year’s New Year’s Day open house. It worked great as a dish for lots of people. This beef preparation …
Easy Homemade Gifts from an Italian Kitchen
Wait – what??? It is December??? How in the world did December turn up already? Wow, I have to say this has been one of …
Elevate your Grapes! Toss Them in the Oven….
How can it be that summer is but a memory?? My fave season went by in a flash. Zoom-gone. The evenings are already beginning to …
A Lemon Tree after the Rain (and a Super Simple Lemon Pasta)
A family trip to Tuscany and a lemon tree after the rain. A seed is planted. For years, whenever the family gathered, talk inevitably turned …
Massaged Kale “Caprese-ish” Salad
Kale. The “super food”. It’s everywhere: kale salads, kale chips, kale and rice bowls, kale extracts, kale and spinach green tea hyaluronic acid age prevention …
A Few Easy Recipes to Make You Fall in Love with Zucchini Again
I have such a complicated relationship with zucchini. Each year, I say I will buy only one plant for the garden but then invariably, I …
Summer Clam Guazzetto
During my boyhood in New Jersey, summer meant trips to the Jersey shore, and the Jersey shore meant clams! From then till now, to me …
Beat the Heat Italian Style: Easy Pistachio Semifreddo
Buona estate a tutti!! Happy summer! The summer heat is upon us and if you are like me, you are always searching for that easy …
Buona Primavera! A Spring Vegetable Risotto
I tend to get emotional at the farmer’s market in spring. The colors at the market turn from the winter beiges to the vibrant glorious …
Warm Farro, Fava Bean and Pancetta Salad
Spring is in full swing. Last spring, when we were in Marche, Italy, fava beans were coming into the local farm stands right about this …