Penne with Cherry Tomato Sauce & Fried Eggplant...this happens to be one of my all time favorite pasta dishes and when the garden is producing plenty of fresh tomatoes and eggplants it's the time to go for it! The dish reminds me of the classic Sicilian dish, Pasta alla Norma. The main difference is that...
Vegetarian
Beet, arugula, goat cheese and toasted walnut salad
Before you even take a bite of this beet salad you'll be impressed. Just the colors alone make it wonderful. The paper thin sliced beets, walnuts, cheese and arugula create a flavor combination that works in spades. Ingredients (for two people): Procedure: Sometimes the simplest ingredients that can be put together in two seconds produce some...
Tomino Cheese
Braised radicchio with pan seared tomino cheese (radicchio brasato con tomino appena sfuso, saltato in padella). It's a perfect meal served with a nice crusty bread.
Spaghetti with Gorgonzola Sage Sauce
One of my favorite pasta dishes which, guess what, happens to be just about the easiest dish–and quickest—to make, is pasta with Gorgonzola sauce.
Wild Spinach (Lambsquarter) Pappardelle
The fields behind our house are a veritable forager's dream. Last weekend we spent all day Saturday enjoying the prolonged Indian summer we've been having in Rome this October. As we walked along we managed to pick a variety of greens for a misticanza salad. We also picked bunches and bunches of wild spinach...
Zucchini Ice Cream
I've been making a lot of ice cream recently and experimenting with different flavors. The best one I've made so far is zucchini ice cream. It's also the ice cream that everyone, across the board, loves. This is what I gather in my basket every day: I love to make all my favorite sweet things...
