How to make gluten free Italian Amaretti cookies 
Potato salad with Pantelleria capers 
Gluten free orange and yogurt muffins 
Kale and walnut pesto 
Baked potato wedges with pesto dip 
Sun-dried tomato and black olive tapenade 
Colorful and refreshing fresh fruit salad 
Italian rib eye steak tagliata 
Italian Style Grilled Eggplant Antipasto 
Creamy fava bean soup 
Sicilian eggplant caponata
Sicilian eggplant caponata: This recipes comes from one of our enthusiastic 'pasta-peeps', Kathy and has been adapted from Coming Home...
How to make Oysters Rockafella
Oysters Rockafella: Oysters Rockefeller was created at the New Orleans restaurant Antoine's which was founded in 1840 by Antoine Alciatore....
Pepper Jack Caramelle Pasta
Pepper Jack Caramelle Pasta: There is nothing like a fabulous trip to fabuloso Italy to get The Pasta Maker fired...
Oven-baked meatballs without bread or egg
Oven-baked meatballs without bread or egg: We have prepared a lot of meatballs in our time and this recipe works for us....
Butternut squash dip with sage
Perfect Butternut Squash Dip with Sage. Winter squashes like butternut squash are full of beta carotene, vitamin C, folic acid,...
Asian-style Chicken Wings
Asian-style Chicken Wings: Chicken wings of all flavours are probably the most popular finger food in the whole of America!...
Cordon Bleu Chicken Liver Pâté
Cordon Bleu Chicken Liver Pâté: When I first made Chicken Liver Pâté, I got the recipe from a series of Cordon Bleu...
Grilled peaches with yogurt brûlée
Grilled peaches with yogurt brûlée: When we have visitors, we like to introduce them to seasonal foods and present them in...
Tortellini in chicken and Champagne broth
Tortellini in Chicken and Champagne Broth: I made this tortellini soup for Gourmet Gabrielle and her lovely family as we...
Banana, pecan and chocolate gluten free muffins
Banana, Pecan and Chocolate gluten free muffins: Stop the press! We have made our first ever gluten free, tasty, moist...
Gorgonzola with honey and apricot
Gorgonzola with honey and apricot: With Enzo tucked away in a darkened room recovering from some form of 'The Dreaded...
6 Antipasto Party and Finger Food Ideas
Antipasto Party and Finger Food Ideas: If I had to name one thing that stresses us all out about parties,...
Baked Ziti With Meatballs
Baked Ziti with Meatballs: Baked pasta is popular all over Italy and this version of baked ziti comes from Puglia....
Simple caponata
A great recipe for simple caponata: A traditional Sicilian caponata has capers and celery included in the ingredients. We omitted...
Caponata salad lasagna
Yellow tomato and eggplant caponata salad lasagna: A lasagna doesn't have to be hot out of the oven. As with so...
Pasta fregola sarda – a lesser known pasta
How to make pasta fregola sarda: When we first opened The Big Dream Factory for business, it was journey into...
Mediterranean pasta salad
Mediterranean pasta salad: Many times when you see a recipe title with the word 'Mediterranean' in it, they can actually...
How to make a meatless Gumbo
Meatless Gumbo: If we are not at the farmer's market with you all, it's because we are very busy in our...
Roasted farmers market vegetable and tomato sauce
Roasted farmers market vegetable and tomato sauce: Great vegetables often need little preparation, addition or adulteration of any sort. We came...
Jicama slaw, coleslaw
Jicama slaw Mexican-style: What is the difference between 'coleslaw' and 'slaw'? The British use the word coleslaw to describe a shredded...
Pasta with salmon and peas
Pasta with salmon and peas: The sauce for this dish is quite creamy and best fits a short pasta like...
Potato and rosemary white pizza
Potato and rosemary white pizza: White pizzas are so-called because they do not have any tomato sauce on them. The...
Pistachio pesto fettuccine
Pistachio pesto fettuccine: Pistachios are one of the most ancient flowering nut trees and are native to the Middle East....
A quick Pesto alla Genovese
Quick Pesto alla Genovese: When Maria delivers you a pile of fresh basil from her garden here on Ponza and...
Spaghetti carbonara with spring onions
Spaghetti carbonara with spring onions: There is nothing quite like a carbonara and since the spring onions are flourishing, we...
Roasted pepper salad
Roasted pepper salad: There are many appitizer dishes that are quintessentially Italian and roasted pepper salad is one of them....
Shrimp scampi antipasto
Shrimp scampi antipasto: Shrimp fished around Ponza have a particularly bright colour and so make a wonderfully colourful addition to...
Pasta bow salad with cherry tomatoes, basil and asparagus
Pasta bow salad with cherry tomatoes, basil and asparagus: When it comes to summer meals, nothing beats a quick and...
The best banana bread ever!
The best banana bread ever!: OH MY!! We love this bread and always have. If you don't like walnuts you...
Garam masala curry spice blend
How to make a garam masala curry spice blend: The Indian word 'Masala' means 'mixed spices. The masala is the basis...