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Tis the season for a delicious dessert! Torta Caprese (recipe)
It is December 9th and I am finally getting around to planning my family Christmas Day meal... Although we all pitch in to feed the extended family Christmas Day Lunch, I like to make family favorites and traditional Italian recipes! This year we are revisiting a...
The Italian love affair with the garden fresh tomato! Tomato Salad (recipe)
WIt is August, and in my corner of the world that means that fresh tomatoes are starting to ripen and the first local tomatoes will be available! I don’t think I could imagine Italian cuisine without fresh tomatoes. Personally, when the tomatoes in our garden are...
Eggplant Parmigiana…the jewel of the harvest, eggplant! (recipe)
iI grew up in an Italian Canadian household and in August eggplant rules! It is one of my favorite, late summer vegetables and I prepare it in many ways. Cooks that are unfamiliar with eggplant may be intimidated by it, but it is a wonderful, satisfying vegetable that...
Italian inspired BBQ back ribs (recipe)
In my part of Canada, nothing says Summer, like firing up the BBQ and grilling back ribs! With a few side dishes and corn on the cob, this is summer on a plate! This recipe has been adapted from my “Italian marinated flank steak “ recipe, found in my cookbook,...
What Italian’s crave…Pasta al Pomodoro! (recipe)
I grew up in an Italian Canadian household and if we were ever strapped for time to get dinner on the table quickly, the “go to” was usually “Pasta al pomodoro”. This simply translates to “Pasta with tomatoes”. If there is one dish known throughout Italy, regardless...
Easter memories… Italian sweet bread! (recipe)
It is Easter week and not only does that mean planning family dinners and egg hunts, it means making traditional, Italian Easter bread at my house! I have fond memories of my Aunt Nancy, my mom's sister, baking them for each of the extended families and this was no...
Count down to “La Vigilia” … Christmas Eve…! (recipe)
Christmas Eve was a big deal in my childhood home! Being Southern Italian, it meant a few things... savory, potato zeppole (plain or with anchovies), a HUGE seafood, multi-course dinner, Tombola (Italian style bingo) at my Nonna's house with my extended family,...
November is the start of Comfort Food Season! Recipe: One Pan Rosemary Chicken(recipe)
It is November and although that means the temperature is dropping in my part of the world ... it also means the start of Comfort Food Season! There is something about the smell of dinner roasting in the oven that evokes memories of my childhood and the many family...
Italian inspired, Sticky Buns…for Mom! (recipe)
This Sunday is Mother's Day and mothers will be treated extra special! I can say that nothing pleases me more than when someone does the cooking for me on Mother's Day! When my children were little, I often got "Breakfast in Bed" for Mother's Day. This was always...
