Figs in Italy

Figs in Italy

“I remember the three figs I ate this morning at the hotel in Cinque Terre, Italy. The first one was lush and deeply reddish purple; inside, the tendrils were green close to the outer edge and then richly dark all the way to the center. It was soft everywhere...
Florentine Lace Cookies

Florentine Lace Cookies

I wanted to bake a light cookie for the Christmas holidays, and the Florentine Lace Cookies fit the bill. This recipe is from An Edible Mosaic which was adapted from Food Network Kitchens. I made a few changes also. For one thing, I used agave liquid instead of corn...
A Calabrese American Christmas

A Calabrese American Christmas

~A Calabrese American Christmas with my extended Calabrian Italian family in West Virginia~ For the last 29 years,my husband and our 2 kids drive 12 hours each way to join my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins of all ages, to eat the seven fishes dinner on Christmas Eve....
Italian Sesame Seed Cookies

Italian Sesame Seed Cookies

In celebration of the All Things Italian Festival in Fairfield, Iowa, I’m posting some tasty cookie recipes as everyone bakes authentic Italian Sesame Seed Cookies and other Italian cookies, to be sold at he Festival. In case you haven’t noticed, most...