Wine & Food

Serves 2 The name of this simple pasta translates as “Cheese and Pepper,” the primary ...

Serves 4   This dish, “Angry Pasta,” many consider a Roman dish, but we found ...

Serves 4 - 6 While in Tuscany, we visited the sunny Mediterranean coast.  One of ...

Serves 1   One night in Florence, we treated ourselves to the Tuscan specialty, Bistecca ...

Remember my battered first cookbook that I still use? Well, although my old cookbook has ...

Many people are familiar with Brunello di Montalcino wines, grown and produced in the Tuscany ...

Happy Mother’s Day to mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers everywhere! I honor of my mother, today ...

Brunello di Montalcino was the first wine awarded the Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita ...

Serves 1 This is my favorite quick lunch. The recipe can be expanded for more ...

Struggling to plan a romantic dinner for your love? Look to foods traditionally considered an ...

In Italy, wine and politics mix. Twenty wine regions, which are also political divisions, dot ...

  The traditional Italian dinner in a ristorante, or restaurant, is a lingering multi-course meal ...

You see the row of Italian wines in your local wine store and they carry ...

  January 1 is considered a fresh start for many people around the world, and ...

What are your holiday traditions? Holiday traditions are shaped by heritage, geography, economics, and circumstance ...

Serves 4 The first chestnut harvest in Italy begins in November. Nonna Maria, my Italian neighbor, introduced ...

Serves 4 Monte Bianco, meaning “White Mountain”, is the highest mountain in the Alps and ...

(arugula is “rucola” in Italian, and is often listed as “rocket” on menus) Serves 8 ...

Makes about 1/2 cup 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon honey 1/8 teaspoon Dijon ...

Makes about 1/4 cup 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar 1/8 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/4 teaspoon salt ...

I love to cook.  I could give you all the “impressive” reasons for this fact ...

Serves 4 to 6 While most of our summer was spent near Firenze, we did ...

3 Dozen Cookies I love the delicate and chewy texture of these cookies! The strong bite ...