Homemade Creations

Creating a “mother yeast” (natural yeast) for baking

Did you know you can bake bread without commercial yeasts? You can cultivate your very own yeast at home, and…

13 years ago

Corrado’s Carbonara – AKA Real Italian Carbonara

Next to lasagna, one of the many Italian dishes I came to discover in my teenage years was Carbonara. However,…

13 years ago

Stone Oven Experiments

I have never cooked with a stone oven although I constantly dream about having one in my backyard. Once a…

13 years ago

Dining with Gulcan

What a treat it has been to dine with such a grand cook. Gulcan's home cooking is fantastic. The kitchen…

13 years ago

Turkish Delights

So far Cappadochia has been quite swell to me. I've been a bit lazy the past week, basically spending any…

13 years ago

Homemade Ravioli

Back during the good old culinary art classes in highschool, I learned how to make ravioli. All I could remember…

13 years ago

White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake

Happy Birthday to Nonna Daniela! She was going to make her own cake and I thought that was just plain…

13 years ago

Going away BBQ

BBQ and bonfires should always be together. They are one of my favorite entertaining activities because it involves, good people,…

13 years ago

Sandra’s Empanadas

Valeria's friend Sandra came to visit for a couple days...she's from Argentina so lucky for us she taught us how…

13 years ago

My First Italian Brunch

Luisa, one of Valeria's friends invited us to her home for brunch today. Luisa has a BEAUTIFUL Italian home. It…

13 years ago