I have been looking at the gnocchi roller for months. It’s a Mucca Rigagnocchi Gnocchi Rolling Machine from Fante’s in South Philly. Fante’s has always been a pilgrimage site for me. I love the place and can get lost in there – and spe...
A few weeks ago, Victor made sweet potato gnocchi. We had no plans for it other than freezing for use at another date and time. Today was that day and time. There is something about homemade pasta that really can’t be adequately described. It’s ove...
In the song That’s Amore, Dean Martin sings “When the stars make you drool, just like a...
Victor mentioned a couple of days ago that he wanted to make some fresh pasta. Any time he wants to ...
I get a daily email from La Cucina Italiana magazine – in Italian. It always has lots of recip...
It seems that most cultures have a flatbread of sorts. I thought the Italian versions were pizza and...
When life hands you lemons, it’s time to make Limoncello! As we all must surely know by now, L...
Fun stuff in the ‘fridge can often elicit a fun dinner – and a fun dinner is what we had...
Ya remember those over-priced figs I bought on Friday? They became Fig Bruschetta on Saturday! And t...
Close to 8 years ago, I bought a bag of fregola, cooked it up, wrote about it, and promptly forgot a...
It’s Victor’s Birthday. His traditional birthday dinner is Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, an...
I am pretty certain my 23 and Me Ancestry is wrong. I’m Sicilian – pale, peeling, cancer...
It doesn’t get much better than having dear friends over for the weekend – especially wh...
Tonight’s dinner is brought to you by things falling out of the freezer, this morning. It was ...
