Appetizers & snacks, European Recetas

Basic Ravioli with Spinach Fillings

I try another type of pasta with fillings. This is an easy one for me. The making of pasta dough has becoming…

Stuffed Clam Appetizers

Stuffed Clam Appetizers is a delicious recipe which combines a packaged herb seasoned stuffing mix, bacon, onions and Parmesan cheese. A fantastic…

Sweet Sour PORK back RIBS - also Pasta dish suggestion

Finger licking greatness with fall off the bone meat over top a rustic potato mash. Italian ingredients meld…

Duck Leg Confit

This is a very simple dish to make it's just takes a long time to do it ! But what you end up with is well worth the time and it will keep for…

Focaccia ai Funghi

Dungeness Crab, Smoked Salmon and Avocado Bruschetta

Delicious twist to the Bruschetta

Dungeness Crab, Artichoke, Green Chili & Parmesan Dip

Howie's Dungeness crab, artichoke, green chili and parmesan dip was pitted against Chef Greg Alauzen's black…

Garlic Shrimp Bruschetta

Delicious appetizer, great for any occasion

Crisp Calamari

Everyone loves a well made Fritto and this one is really delicious. A chickpea flour batter and careful frying make for a perfect Fritto everytime,…

Fear of Frying?

Or how to make a perfect Italian Fritto Misto every time

Naples Style Meat Ragù

The other great Ragù, besides the one from Bologna, is prepared in a very different way and is much richer in tomatoes

Antipasto Tenor

Mixing up your favorite of your antipasto ingredients can produce a tenor of flavors! It held it's own at one of my dinner parties and it will have…

Ravioli with Peas and Prosciutto

This is a dish we made on a cooking class about a week ago using the first fresh peas of the season. Vibrantly…

Garganelli

Homemade pasta is easy to make with a few kitchen tools and the flavor surpasses anything you can buy.

Warino Family "Viscots"

These cookies came to the U.S. with immigrants from the Puglia Region of Italy where my husband's grandmother grew up. Also known as "Taralli…