You have to be like Sherlock Holmes these days to find wild caught fish and shellfish. I was really in need of a good frutti di mare and went in search of finding WILD seafood for my salad. I got lucky because wild squid are in season and I found wild USA sea scallops so …
Have you heard the fowl news about chicken wings? There will not be enough to go around for Super Bowl Sunday. This has got to have millions of viewers very anxious because how will they ever get through all the commercials, never mind the game without biting into those f…
Note: For more information or for registration, contact our tour provider, Under the Italian Sun. Toll Free: 800-594-2901Tel: 215-922-1172Fax: 215-922-1190Email: info@italiansun.com Emilia-Romagna with Mary Ann Esposito September 11-22, 2013 About this Tour Home to m…
Have you tried foam yet? The kind you eat. It’s been around for a few years as a chic culinary food trend and honestly, I am not biting into it. To me, foam is a mass of agitated small bubbles like the ones I took a bath in or had fun blowing from a jar. All of a s…
Need a great side to go with roast chicken, pork or beef? Look no further than the onion section of your market. Onions are so overlooked as a vegetable to serve on their own instead of being part of a bunch of ingredients that lend flavor to a dish. These are even better…
Chicken and Cauliflower Lasagne Serves 6-81 medium head cauliflower, rinsed, cored and cut into 1-inch florets2 tablespoons olive oil1 medium onion, minced2 cloves garlic minced1 pound ground chicken or turkey1 tablespoon rosemary, minced4 tablespoons butter½ cup fl…
Weekend cooking means easy do ahead dishes like this delicious roasted cauliflower and whole wheat penne casserole. Even if you are not a cauliflower fan, you will be if you roast it first. Several things will happen to amaze you. One, there will be no sulfur smell to lin…
Well, it is back to work and the first thing I did today was a New Year's clean out of the refrigerator! It is literally kitchen sink soup for dinner tonight and anything left over in the way of vegetables, cheese rinds, onion skins, broccoli and cauliflower cores goes in…
Torrone is the go to sweet of Christmas for Italians. I always received a couple of boxes in my stocking when I was a kid. Don’t think of it as candy though because this nougat confection is much more than that. Torrone was introduced into Sicily by the Arabs, who …
A lot of us know what I am talking about in this post. The scarf you got last year for Christmas is just not your taste and maybe a bit off, color-wise. What to do? Re-gift! We are all guilty of this, and I am a chief offender when it comes to florist glass vases. How ma…