Smoked salmon ,horseradish dill cream by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

Smoked salmon ,horseradish dill cream

Sun dried tomato pesto by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

Sun dried tomato pesto

Spaghetti sea food by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

Spaghetti sea food

Penne with tomato sauce by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

Penne with tomato sauce

PAPPARDELLE by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

PAPPARDELLE

Grilled salmon by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

Grilled salmon

cake RICOTTA cheese CHOCOLATE RUM by Foodessa

All this talk about APRONS and Grandmothers got me going on assembling my notes and photos to finally share with you a very cherished recipe my 'Nonna' made for me growing up. Granted, as I turned baker in my kitchen, I confess to having tweaked it just enough to meet with her approval. She also found that my version was slightly…

1-2-3 easy Frozen CHOCOLATE MOUSSE by Foodessa

This dessert has the silky smoothness of a rich CHOCOLATE GELATO. This is an incredibly crowd pleasing decadent frozen confection.

exotic grilled vegetable salad with pears by sasikumar

Italian Baked Mashed Potato Croquettes by Claudia lamascolo

A very delicate crunch and hardly no fat to worry about baking them instead of frying. Grandma's recipe adapted to a healthier new way! Still full of flavor! Love potatoes? This is a must try!

Filet Mignon Topped With Shrimp, Crab with a Garlicy Wine Sauce by Claudia lamascolo

This tender filet is bursting with flavor. Starting with a mouth watering filet, portabello mushrooms, shrimp, centered with a mound of crab meat, with a creamy butter,wine garlic sauce over the top~.

Grandma's Soft Italian Cookies with Frosting by Claudia lamascolo

My grandma, mom, have handed down from generation to generation...a simple recipe and traditional Italian cookie. Please check out the links below the recipes for more of grandma's favorite Italian Style Cookies!

Grilled Shrimp copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati by maria liberati

This is one of my favorite ways to eat shrimp. A healthy recipe and a great substitute for grilled hamburgers. From my best selling book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking and BLOG The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati tm at…

Dungeness Crab, Artichoke, Green Chili & Parmesan Dip by John Howie

Howie's Dungeness crab, artichoke, green chili and parmesan dip was pitted against Chef Greg Alauzen's black bean dip with gold tortillas. Both men cooked at the Taste of the NFL event, "Party with a Purpose," which was held to raise money for hunger relief organizations involved in the effort to end childhood hunger in the U.S.