Gluten free Italian Amaretti cookies
The perfect, gluten free Amaretti cookies: We hunted all over the place to find the recipe for a perfectly gluten...
Gluten free
Potato salad with Pantelleria capers
Potato salad with Pantelleria capers: This recipe for potato salad with Pantelleria capers is one of those you want to...
Gluten free orange and yogurt muffins
Gluten free orange and yogurt muffins: You can often whip up a flavoured muffin from what you have languishing in...
Kale and walnut pesto
Kale and walnut pesto: There are certain ingredients that are simply made to be together. This is what we decided while...
Baked potato wedges with pesto dip
Baked potato wedges with pesto dip: Americans often use what is known as a coating or 'Rub' on meat and fish....
Sun dried tomato and black olive tapenade
Sun dried tomato and black olive tapenade: This sun dried tomato and black olive tapenade is our go-to ingredient for...
Colorful and refreshing fresh fruit salad
How to make a colorful and refreshing fresh fruit salad: While on the beautiful island of Ponza, Italy, every morning...
Italian rib eye steak tagliata
Italian rib eye steak tagliata: Rib eye steaks need little by way of embellishment to deliver amazing flavour. This recipe...
Italian Style Grilled Eggplant Antipasto
Grilled eggplant antipasto: Ciao!! As promised to all you folks visiting us at the farmer's market, here is the recipe for...
Creamy fava bean soup
Fava bean soup is very popular in Italy. When fava beans are in season, you will find them adorning the...
Simple Russian Eggplant ‘Caviar’ With Walnuts
Russian eggplant caviar or 'baklazhannaya ikra' in Russian, is of course no relation at all to actual caviar. This stuff...
Gluten free chocolate muffins
Gluten free chocolate muffins: While living in Italy, we ran an Air B 'n' B. Over the years we hosted...
Gluten Free Eggplant Parmesan
Our gluten free eggplant Parmesan is very popular at the farmer's market and we are very appreciative of that. The...
How to prepare octopus the Italian way
How Italians prepare octopus: While on the island of Ponza, some years ago, I was fortunate enough to watch Maurizio,...
Baked potatoes plus a few serving ideas
Although baked potatoes are often served as a side with a knob of butter or sour cream, baked potatoes are...
Piri piri chicken thighs
How to make piri piri chicken: Piri piri is a popular Portuguese sauce made with African bird's eye chilies. It...
Fresh fennel and orange salad with olives
Fresh fennel and orange is a popular Sicilian salad. It is made with blood oranges when they are in season,...
Baked cod with olives and tomatoes
Our baked cod with olives and tomatoes, is an easy dish to put together and the whole thing takes about...
Italian pine nut cookies
Perfect pignoli pine nut cookies: It took a great deal of experimentation to finally arrive at the recipe for perfect...
All-purpose gluten free flour blend
This is our go-to, all-purpose, gluten free flour blend. We use it for muffins, biscotti, gnocchi and even English pancakes....
Gluten free sandwich bread
Making gluten free sandwich bread requires no kneading because the dough is quite liquid. As with many homemade, gluten free...
Gluten free orange and cranberry muffins
We have developed our gluten free orange and cranberry muffins because the cranberry is very popular in America and is...
Baked zucchini with rice
If you have some leftover rice, this baked zucchini with rice is the perfect dish to use that up and...
Twice baked potatoes with cauliflower
A cheesy, luxurious twice-baked potato with steamed cauliflower. The perfect vegetarian side dish. Twice baked potatoes with cauliflower - serves...
The best hummus ever!
How to make hummus: I had not made hummus for many years and I had forgotten how much better it...
Caprese stuffed portobello mushrooms
Caprese stuffed portobello mushrooms are a wonderful antipasto or side and pretty garnish or even a stand alone vegetable dish....
How to make kale slaw – coleslaw
Kale Slaw: There are many great ideas for using kale and this recipe for kale slaw (or coleslaw), is one...
Chunky green tomato salsa
Chunky green tomato salsa: Salsa, America's favourite sauce! This being said we thought we would have a go at making...
Carrot top pesto
Farmer's market carrot top pesto: Who doesn’t walk through their local fruit and vegetable market without gathering inspiration for the...
Pork, potato and pepper risotto the Italian way
Pork, potato and pepper risotto: When you cook with arborio rice, it takes as long to make it into risotto...
