Sfogliatelle Italian Dessert

Patrica Turo inspired me to make these wonderful Sfogliatelle Italian Pastries from her blog this Easter @ Piacere Food and Travel Without Rules.…

Italian Lemon Butter Chicken

Tart and tangy lemon butter sauce with champagne over chicken, mushrooms, bacon and pasta

Trippin' Shrooms

Who doesn't grab a stuffed mushroom off a servers tray at a wedding - or grab a few to add to your plate at a party. It's a classic. I wanted to…

Lemon Reggiano Chicken

Thank you to all my readers for my birthday wishes... this was my son's special meal he and his fiancee' Jenni prepared for me... this chicken was…

Spicy Stuffed Artichokes

This is a vegetable that many people don’t know how to prepare and find a little daunting

Top SF Chronicle Recipe: Pasta with Broccoli and Spicy Sausage

Our good friend Linda Hansen saved this top recipe from the SF Chronicle in 2004 and it has become one of her…

Raspberry Coconut Cream Tart

One of my favorite desserts and being Easter was two days before my birthday this year... so I treated myself..so here is myHappy Birthday Tart…

Italian Style Lamb Meatball Recipe

Mix raw ground lamb meat with spices, egg, bread crumbs add tomato paste mix together well.Shape into rounds or…

Calamari with Peperoncini Sauce

Puttanesca Sauce with Rigatoni Pasta

A delicious sauce actually wonderful with any pasta... we just love the rigatoni with this one! 1/4 cup olive…