Panzanella

This recipe is sure to excite those tomato lovers in the family! Shared at FEAST Utah 8/26/2017

Pesto

Green liquid gold---this divine sauce is so delicious if the ingredients are chosen correctly and a bitter disappointment if not.  Pun intended. You must find the sweetest basil possible--and also an extra virgin olive oil that is fruity and light. We have a very good friend and Italian artisan baker Jo from La Spiga Bakery.  …

il Tartufo

You might look at the picture up there and think it looks like a bag full of dehydrated buffalo chips, but to the well trained eye, and anyone familiar with the lucrative fungus is aware that my husband is holding in his hands a truffle.  It is not chocolate.  No, this is what every culinary …

Lemon & Ricotta Ciambellone w/ Lemon glaze

Colazione (breakfast《-read post) is one of my favorite meals of the day.  Why? Because i dolci (sweets) are one of my indulgences, and what better way to wake up, then with a beautiful ciambellone (bundt cake—literally, large donut) sitting on your breakfast table waiting for you to partake?  I am golosa (gluttonous) and one piece …

Colazione (breakfast)

Breakfast became so much more fun when I married my love.  You see Italians eat sweets for colazione (breakfast).  Or at least they are much more likely to eat i dolci for breakfast than at any other time of the day.  Nutella is always heavily stocked in our pantry, and much to the delight of …

Lemon Glaze

This Lemon Glaze is best served on my version of a Lemon Ricotta Ciambellone, adapted from a recipe that will be shared someday in the future.  As for now, I teach it occasionally in my classes.  Use this glaze on top of lemon bars, or any type of muffin, pancake, pie, or dessert that needs …

Ricotta

Ricotta, creamosa, bianca, e buona--find the recipe here.

salsa burro e salvia

Sauce: Salsa burro e salvia smooth, aromatic sauce that will impress your guests and tantalize your taste-buds. click for recipe!

My first taste of Italy

Learn to make Spaghetti aglio e olio con i gamberi--link in post

He had me at first bite

Read about our first date, and the first meal my love made for me. Spaghetti aglio e olio con i gamberi.