Seasonal Recipes

Rossella will show you how to make Peach Cookies with Custard Cream and Alkermes Liqueur. This is the authentic way on how peach cookies are supposed to be made. Ingredients: For the Mix: 5 Eggs, 1 Cup Sugar, 1 Teaspoon …

Ingredients 1 Lb Cavatelli – Homemade preferably, 1 Live lobster, 1 1/2 Dz Little neck clams, fruit removed and juice separated and filtered, 1/2 Lb Shrimp, 10 Cherry tomatoes, cut in half, 4 Cloves garlic, 1/2 Cup, White wine, 2 …

I’m in Italy!—in the region of Marche, along the Adriatic sea—staying in the town where my grandfather grew up (he immigrated to America in 1911, at age 22). I’m staying with my cousins—also named Becci—the branch of my grandfather’s and …

Mozzarella alla Barese… the counterpart of Mozzarella alla Caprese! Ingredients: 1 Lb Fresh Mozzarella, Sauteed Broccoli rabe, Sun dries tomatoes, EV olive oil   Directions/Steps If the Sun Dries Tomatoes are not marinated,  put them in a cup covered with …

Stuffed tomatoes are the quintessential summer dish, their sweetness enhanced by a turn in the oven. They are a beautiful contorno at dinner or a lovely lunch served with a crisp white wine and green salad. A filling of fleshy …

Strolling through my neighborhood Farmer’s Market I discovered an embarrassment of riches. There were beautiful red strawberries bursting with flavor, fat and juicy blueberries, and raspberries with their delicate perfume and jewel-like texture.  Last but certainly not least, I spied …

Recently, I invited a friend of mine over to try out some new recipes I was working on. “But how do you think of all those different things?” she asked, open-mouthed. First let me tell you that my friend, Joan …

It is a mistake to think that our immigrant forebears, however poor, went without meat. Country people have hunted for food since time immemorial and they still do. Pheasant and partridge, grouse and quail, duck and other wild water birds, …

Every year I plant fava beans in my garden and I ask myself, “why?!” The plants take a lot of room in the garden (though they shoot up really quickly, which is fun), the yield is small, and the effort …

Behold the blood orange, that most glorious citrus. It makes wonderfully refreshing sorbetto and delightful gelato, frozen desserts at their best. Blood oranges are somewhat smaller than standard sweet oranges and typically sport a rough, somewhat dark skin.  They are offshoots, …