Italian Spinach Soup by John Spottiswood

Suprise, surprise. Another amazing recipe adapted from Marcella Hazan's Essential's of Italian Cooking. This is one of my bibles. Not only did I love this spinach soup, but all four of my kids did too! Everyone had mutiple servings. We served it with simple sourdough toast, though Crostini (Italian croutons) is what Marcella…

Fig Jam with Balsamic Vinegar and Rosemary by goodkarmamama

Homemade fig jam is simple and totally delicious.

Chow-Chow Relish by Salad Foodie

Fall's green tomatoes are a perfect base for a batch of chow-chow. This pickled relish or condiment is lip-smacking good on hotdogs, hamburgers, fish, poultry, beans - oh, just everything! This version is a fusion of a friend's recipe and several others I compared it to, and I really like the results! A stash of 6 pints or 12…

Kumquat Marmalade by Meera Nalavadi

Simple marmalade to make. This recipe is not to sweet,so keep it refrigrated. The amount of sugar can be increased if you like your marmalade sweeter. This recipe is more of a fruit preserve. I added a few drops of orange blossom water to elevate the citrus, floral scent. Its completely optional.

Luncheon Pasta Salad by Salad Foodie

A refreshing light pasta salad for a main dish luncheon or summer potluck. I like small or medium shell pasta, but elbow, ditalini or bow tie pastas are good choices too.

Vegetarian Sausage Goulash by Joanna Spray

Perfect goulash for those cold winter nights. You can use soy ground meat (looks like ground round) or the sausage like meat. Feel free to use fresh mushrooms, if you do, add them when you are browning the sausage. Adding fresh greens would be great too!

Broccoli and Pine-Nut Soup by Mike Jeremy

LEMON AND GOAT CHEESE RAVIOLI by Cecelia Heer

After reading about a dish made with lemon ravioli, I was anxious to make it myself so I perused the Web for some ideas. That was much easier than perusing my 300-plus (and continuously growing) collection of cookbooks. I found a recipe for Lemon and Goat Cheese Ravioli posted on several websites from Chef Yotam Ottolenghi's…