This Zuppa di Lenticchie (Italian Lentil Soup) is an ideal winter dinner. If you want, you can substitute the vegetable broth with meat broth, and add some diced bacon to the bowl. Any way you make this, you're going to look like a kitchen star and ... Read the Post
Eggplant Caponatina
Eggplant Caponatina is a Sicilian treat, sort of a relish that melds the flavors of many traditional ingredients. When you look at the recipe the ingredients probably wouldn't make your list of go togethers. I can tell you ... Read the Post
Chicken Marsala Rustico
Lately, we've been eating a LOT of poultry and seafood. I've been expanding my menu repertoire to include some old family favorites and came across this recipe for chicken marsala and decided I had to give it another try. Finding marsala wine in our ... Read the Post
Easter Struffoli
These wonderous little 'doughnut' like delicasies, struffoli, grace italian tables at Christmas, Easter, the Feast of St Joseph, weddings, baptisms and more. Struffoli, tiny deep fried dough balls bathed in a syrup of honey and citrus rinds and ... Read the Post
Valentine Heart Angel Biscnuts
Hybrid sweets, all the rage in New York and Chicago, have been served in southern homes for decades. We never gave a 'name' to the biscnut, but we made em, regularly. A lot of flavor, and not much money, they competed well with the likes of Krispy ... Read the Post
Curried Broccoli Cheese Soup
This curried Broccoli Cheese Soup is perfect for these last days of winter. Its not spicy at all and even the kiddos will give this one a thumbs up! Broccoli and Cauliflower are staples in our household. We snack on them raw, make salads and my ... Read the Post