It would be really difficult to pick one of the five senses that we have and single out a favorite. I mean they are all equally important right? But I think I would have to single out the sense of smell as the one that can totally transport me to a place of long, longContinue reading “Red Pepper Love”
Category Archives: Appetizers
Eggplant Caponata: Ode To Stanley Part 2
I love eggplant and apparently so does my dear Stanley Tucci. This recipe is from his first cookbook and is a recipe of his mother’s. In fact, Stanley’s mother made this caponata and served at his first wedding to his late wife Kate. Caponata should be “agro dolce” which means slightly sour and slightly sweetContinue reading “Eggplant Caponata: Ode To Stanley Part 2”
Black Pepper Fennel Biscotti
Several years ago when I owned Philomena Food Company I decided that I wanted to bring the traditional Italian salt and pepper biscuit into my line of products. Now my grandmother probably made the best and most beautiful version of this traditional biscuit that I have ever seen. She painstakingly braided hers into little wreaths.Continue reading “Black Pepper Fennel Biscotti”
Cowboys and Beans
I love beans, pretty much all kinds of beans I think white beans or navy beans are amoung my favorites. This was not always the case, as a kid my grandmother would make a dish called “pane e fagioli” which simply means bread and beans. This dish was part of the Aceto family peasant foodContinue reading “Cowboys and Beans”