Home Cooking
I admit, I'm a lazy foodie. When it comes to things like shellfish, I want my food to taste just…
My Sicilian vacation can be summed up in three words: Food, Wine, Beach. From my experience, that's all that matters…
I've never really celebrated Easter aside from Easter egg hunting as a kid. My parents are buddhist so it wasn't…
First off - you won't really learn how to make Tibetan Momos from this blog. This is just about my…
You know that scene in Cinderella when goes to wake her stepsisters and they have the vaulted ceiling rooms and she has…
Waiting around all week to help Mink at the local farmers market wasn't so terrible considering how much I loved…
I've had my fair share of full day feasts. I started practicing how to survive these events while growing up…
If you don't like cauliflower, I strongly suggest you give this dish a chance. Personally, I'm not a big cauliflower…
Before Italy, Mozzarella was my favorite cheese. Silly American, I just didn't know any better. What I discovered during my…
For lack of a better description, we’ve dubbed Valeria’s recent breads as “Wine Bread”. We call it wine bread because…
Did you know you can bake bread without commercial yeasts? You can cultivate your very own yeast at home, and…
Next to lasagna, one of the many Italian dishes I came to discover in my teenage years was Carbonara. However,…
I have never cooked with a stone oven although I constantly dream about having one in my backyard. Once a…
What a treat it has been to dine with such a grand cook. Gulcan's home cooking is fantastic. The kitchen…
So far Cappadochia has been quite swell to me. I've been a bit lazy the past week, basically spending any…
Back during the good old culinary art classes in highschool, I learned how to make ravioli. All I could remember…
Happy Birthday to Nonna Daniela! She was going to make her own cake and I thought that was just plain…
BBQ and bonfires should always be together. They are one of my favorite entertaining activities because it involves, good people,…
Valeria's friend Sandra came to visit for a couple days...she's from Argentina so lucky for us she taught us how…
Luisa, one of Valeria's friends invited us to her home for brunch today. Luisa has a BEAUTIFUL Italian home. It…
This actually occurred last month, but because eat faster than I can write, I'm telling you about it now. Plus…
So the entry a lot of you have been waiting for...Jack Daniel's Bread Pudding. Everyone knows how much I love…
What an incredible night. There was about 20 people in attendance. Laying in the sun, eating, talking, and playing music…
Things that are not worth writing an entire entry solely dedicated to one item. First off: What do you do…
So I celebrate my birthday for a week. Why? Because I have such a diverse group of friends, it's hard…