Meatball Salad

Meatball Salad

Like many households, it's pretty much tradition that when the grown kids come to visit, we cook their favorite meals. So when Amy came home this past weekend... in from Chicago for a little R & R... I knew it'd be no different. Her latest food obsession? Meatball Salad. We both had our first meatball [...]

Ribollita

  When I really want a little treat and a lot of comfort... I reach for one of my favorite cookbooks, The New Basics, by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, and fire up some of this magnificent Ribollita. It is of course amazing in the summer when the vegetables are at their peak and I [...]

Tortellini with Italian Sausage, Fennel and Mushroom

  I debated awhile about this one. Although I feel the pasta dish is right up there with the greats, I started to ponder just how much emphasis should go into the visual aspect of each new recipe as I'm adamant about choosing only the very best to post. ...Then the old lesson auto-popped into [...]

Caponata Picnic Sandwiches

I love vegetables. I can forgo meat - and usually do - in favor of veggies any day. Oh I eat meat and I like it, don't get me wrong. I prepare meat dishes for my family all the time... but that's just another a perk they don't realize they're getting out of me. Not that [...]