Always so special - Green risotto

Riso verde is a specialty I used to eat at our family restaurant in Italy, I haven’t eaten it anywhere else. My…

Fluffy Ricotta Pancakes

CITRUS glazed RICOTTA cookie

Tangy LEMONS and sweet ORANGES will delight you in every bite from these cake-like RICOTTA based cookies. For a dedicated post...refer to:…

creamy CANNOLI maple syrup RICOTTA filling

I'll leave the authenticity to the ones who do it best. In the meantime, I've enjoyed tinkering with this…

Cheddar scalloped POTATO gratin simile DAUPHINOIS

Very high in flavour...very high on calorie reduction too! I’ve been trying desperately to replicate a…

CLEVER on ROASTED GARLIC clove

An incredible way to simply roast GARLIC to its rich caramel luscious state. Here is my very clever method on how to roast garlic to get the…

Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake

For those of us who love to do our creating in the kitchen, there comes a time once in a great while when one of those creations stands out as a…

A Tuscan Dessert, Light As Spring

Even though I'd say that 90 percent of what comes out of my kitchen is Indian food, I am Italian and there are…

Poached Steelhead Trout made easy

In an effort to maintaining the goals set forth by this blog from its onset, that is to demonstrating how…

Clever Stuffed CABBAGE roll CUPS-How-to-101

Stuffing cabbage leaves never excited me...until messy rolls flipped into lovely parcels. These are directions…