La ribollita

La ribollitaWe've already gone over the basic recipe for minestrone on this blog. Once you've mastered that, it is a lot of fun to explore the many…

Bagna cauda

Bagna caudaBagna cauda or, more properly, bagna caôda, means 'hot bath' in English. It refers to a typical Piedmontese dish for communal eating that…

pasta for beginners

pasta for beginnersPasta is such a convenient food and it’s made in a million ways all over the planet. Accordingly, it will taste everything from…

Butternut Squash and Sausage Risotto

Ciao Friends!!Butternut Squash and Sausage Risotto Ingredients Stock ingredients 1 carrot 1 celery 1 onion 8.5…

«Polpetielli» affogati (Baby Octopus Braised in Tomato Sauce)

Octopus is a popular food all around the Mediterranean basin and yet elsewhere it is often, for some reason,…

Authentic Italian Spaghetti Sauce with meatballs

This is an authentic Italian spaghetti sauce with meat balls recipe given to me by an Italian friend. It is…

EGGPLANT parmesan cheese RED PEPPER loaf

A superbly turned out rustic vegetable loaf born out of forgetfulness! I had actually forgotten that the…

Green Lasagna Modena style

2 Herbs roasted Nuts Tomato PESTO

Fresh Herbs and toasted Nut essences whirled into...a blissful roasted Tomato PESTO special. PESTO can be used…

CLEVER on ROASTED GARLIC clove

An incredible way to simply roast GARLIC to its rich caramel luscious state. Here is my very clever method on how to roast garlic to get the…