One thing’s becoming clearer to me the more I cook is that I am not an ideal cookbook user. I usually view recipes in them as “suggestions” and guidelines for how the final result will be, mainly because as soon as I see a picture and description, my mind starts wandering off in a “what-if-maybe” [...]

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So if you’ve read about how celebrating birthdays in the US and Italy is different, you’ll know that usually the birthday girl/boy makes their own cake or brings food/drink to celebrate a birthday with their colleagues*, I thought it only fair to give some presents to my readers, too! Remember Pocket Coffee**? And what about [...]

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The final part in the 3-post series about how prosciutto crudo, cured ham from Parma is made. If you’ve just stumbled on the series, the first two posts in the series covered the topics below. I’ll wait while you go read those posts and catch up. Making Italian Prosciutto Crudo, Cured Ham in Parma: The [...]

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Here are the 2nd and 3rd place winners for the 2nd Annual O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness contest! We wish we could have given a prize to everyone. Make sure you check out all the great recipes at the roundup: O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Recipes: Part 1 O Foods for Ovarian Cancer [...]

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Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Contest! We had a good time reading and imagining how your dishes would taste. Be sure to check back on Friday when Gina De Palma will announce who the winners are and who will receive the autographed cookbooks from herself [...]

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