I am often asked as a cook, which season I prefer best. Although I honestly love cooking with ingredients from each season throughout the year, I think I am...
As we prepare to head back to Italy soon for six months to oversee our farmhouse rental Il Casale di Mele, we have been busy saying good-bye to good...
Casatiello is a traditional Easter celebratory special bread of Naples. It is a rich brioche type of dough made with eggs and butter that is studded throughout with cheese...
Easter in Italy is a Christian based holiday, which begins on Palm Sunday, and culminates the following week on Easter Sunday. Although all of Holy Week is important, it...
We recently had some friends over for dinner and decided to fire up the pizza oven and made four different types of pizzas, two of each. When we have...
Easter Sunday in an Italian home is a joyous occasion spent with family and friends. Typical of Italian cuisine, most holiday tables are planned around seasonal favorites, and springtime...
Torta Pasqualina ~ Another traditional tart recipe, this one for Torta Pasqualina, or Italian Easter Pie, a traditional Ligurian recipe made each year to celebrate the Easter holiday. It...
This is a classic Italian vegetable dish that is very inexpensive to prepare that originated from “cucina povera”. For this dish I bought a bag of dried chickpeas, a...
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