Its' all the food you want to make, eat and enjoy! A bunch of recipes that I felt like cooking and my boyfriend felt like eating.
Melon sherbet using just a handful of ingredients without any actual cooking.
A simple braised rhubarb with cardamom, pistachios and vanilla.
Grilled trout with a pomegranate and preserved lemon sauce all served over a bed of couscous.
A classic galette recipe using fresh summer peaches, but you can use whatever you have available and in season right now like apples, pears, berries.
Delicious, char-grilled lamb chops, cooked over coals with a super quick marinade made with some lemon and fresh oregano.
A recipe for the classic handmade pinci pasta from Montalcino, also known as pici throughout other areas in Tuscany.
A recipe for ultra fluffy and rich strawberry pancakes with a quick and easy homemade strawberry topping to go with.
Some easy to make, super delicious, and as far as bread things go, quick yogurt flatbreads.
Grilled bread rubbed with garlic, a generous smear of sun-dried tomato purée, whipped ricotta and topped with crisp fried basil.
Fried chicken cutlet sandwiches with sharp provolone, broccoli rabe and peppadews.
Escarole soup with porchetta sausage filled with lots of garlic and rosemary, from Giunta’s at the Reading Terminal Market in Philly.
A baked eggplant parmigiana with layers upon layers of lightly fried, paper thin eggplant, crispy fried sage and plenty of cheese.
These canoas have a sweet and savory, ground meat filling with briny olives and raisins, stuffed in a sweet plantain, and topped with cheese.
This peanut sauce goes good on anything so if you're not into the whole recipe just make the sauce, you won't be disappointed.
An apple and cardamom cream cheese tart with vanilla and brown sugar.
Baked plantains are my favorite side dish, or main dish depending on my mood.