Plum tomatoes roasted with fresh basil by Nancy Miyasaki

When plum tomatoes are on sale this summer, grab a bagful and make this simple and delicious side dish. It goes great with just about anything you will cook on the grill--steak, lamb, chicken or fish. Or just have it as part of a vegetarian meal. However you serve it, you and your guests will love it!

Caprese Salad by Jennifer Bass

Italian Variety Cookie Dough by Claudia lamascolo

When I was growing up this is the only dough my grandmother made then my mom. They would use this one dough with imagination to create more than 20 varieties. Lets see what you can create. A delicious shortbread that could be rolled, cut or filled and another one that sturdy enough for fresh fruit filled. Take your pick they are both…

Sole Piccata with Spinach by Nancy Miyasaki

This tasty piccata recipe can be made with any white fish...sole, flounder, tilapia, etc. It's simple and very fresh tasting. It goes great with my Basmati Rice with Herbs recipe...as the light lemon flavor blends very well with the pungent herbs.

Clams steamed in white wine and garlic by Cara Fernicola

Picture it... warm summer night at ther jersey shore. Spent all day at the beach, you come home shower and put on your best outfit to bring out your hot new tan (..or sun burn..). You're ready to go out and get some delish food and a good drink to end the perfect day soaking up the sun. Well I dont know about you all, but seafood and…

Capicola Spinach Pie by Claudia lamascolo

Spicy hot ham in a spinach pie, almost like quiche but Italian style

Polenta Basic by branna

How to make a good basic polenta dish

Chocolate Torte by Claudia lamascolo

Do you have a chocolate lover in your house? Here is the best Birthday cake I have made.. it's rich and very special for any occasion. Put it on your list of must makes.

Baked Penne with Vegetables by Salad Foodie

Reminiscent of lasagna but loaded with veggies, this dish will take center stage at group gatherings. It makes good use of summer's zucchini surplus, so file the recipe away in your stash of squash faves. Don't let the cauliflower put you off - it is so well camouflaged that while many noticed the zucchini, no one detected cauliflower…

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…

Squash Blossoms, The Edible Flowers And How To Fix Them by kathy gori

This is the time of year when squash blossoms are found in Farmers Markets all around Sonoma. If you've never cooked or eaten squash blossoms, well then you've missed one of the big pleasures of the summer garden. I first had these as a kid when I was still in the "eeewwww we're eating flowers?" phase. They're a big favorite among…

Ceasar Salad by Chef Smith

Easy Risotto & Gourmet Mushrooms by Amos Miller

Risotto scares too many cooks. It's really a simple dish, though not commonly served at the American dinner table - unless you have some (usually Northern) Italian blood in your family. When done with care, risotto can be a sublime accompaniment to all types of dishes. In fact, you can add all types of things to a risotto to…

Millefiori "Thousand Flowers" A Celebration of Exotic Liqueur. by Ol'Chicago

12/31/2012, 23:57 hours, New Years Eve, Just about time to fire the concussion pot on my pier, the neighborhood ritual, sorta feels like somebody turned gravity off for a short time and then turned it back on, your house slams 3"back to the foundation.…

St. Joseph's Day Pastry by Claudia lamascolo

here is the perfect pastry for this Italian Holiday