On the weekend, we inaugurated a new series – Classic Dishes made easy. We’ll follow up the initial offering, Pasta Primavera, with another Italian favourite, Spaghetti Bolognaise. It’s a benchmark and a standby for many when they try a new Italian restaurant – and it can be a staple for you!Read More →
Some of the most exotic-sounding and most delicious-tasting dishes we every come across are actually quick and easy to make. You just have to know how! So, I’m starting a series today revealing the secrets behind some of the world’s most famous dishes in hopes that you’ll try them…Read More →
Definitely file this one under ‘Pizza Lore’. Top Pizzaiolos (pizza chefs) from around the world got together earlier this month to bake the world’s longest Pizza. It came in at over a mile (1.6 km)! l’ll bet you want to know how they did it. So did I. But more compelling to me was why they did it…Read More →
Only a couple of hours after my post about Gnocchi went up, I got a call from a friend. My friend always checks my Blog at work, when her boss thinks she’s clearing important overnight e-mail from other time zones. Silly boss! Anyway, she asked how Baked Gnocchi ties in with Baked Ziti…Read More →
I’ve referred before to my early education in Italian cookery under the tutelage of Mrs. Indovina. She lived across the street in a little white stucco house with green trim and taught me how to make Marinara, Pasta and a other Italian classics when I was still living at home, with my folks…Read More →
I got inspired by a post on a recipe site I subscribe to and took an idea of theirs a step further. Just about everybody knows and loves good old Mac & Cheese. But this food-forward site, is noted for thinking outside The Joy of Cooking and making unusual ingredient matches…Read More →
Here’s a dish that many non-Greeks think of first when they think of that colourful, food-loving culture. It’s Moussaka, and it’s a Greek national dish! The mystery, for me, is why most folks demure from making it at home. It’s another really easy, basic dish that just about everybody will love! Read More →
Here’s a dish no Lebanese family would be caught without at a festive supper table. Felafel is a really simple, really tasty and – if you dare to ‘think outside the fritter’ – an infinitely customizeable side that can elevate any meal from ‘same-old’ to ‘special’! And, in it’s most basic form, it’s vegan!Read More →