Brown Butter is a traditional French Sauce with a nutty flavour and golden color. In Italy, it is more often paired with pasta, and around the Mediterranean it flavours meats such as pork, veal, poultry and lamb. Use more butter is drizzling over pasta and…

Combine two spring/summer salad ideas; Strawberry and Chèvre Salad with an idea from “Scallops and Bacon with Sherry Vinaigrette” and we hit a home run! Sweet, delicious strawberries, chèvre and sweet, delicious scallops wrap in salty prosciutto turns into a spectacular summer meal.

Crostini is an iconic Italian appetizer. Thinly grilled slices of baguette smeared with a little olive oil and garlic. Don’t go overboard with the toppings – you still want to taste the crispy garlic base. A sprinkle of herbs or sprigs dresses them up and…

This Dill Cream is adapted from Wolfgang Puck’s famous Smoked Salmon and Dill Pizza. We love it with briny Lox, caper berries, capers and bagels…..and it is the best Dill Dip for pretzels!

Buy the best aged Prosciutto di Parma you can find and ask they not slice it so thin the slices fall apart. Sage leaves, prosciutto and tenderloin are a true, simple, magnificent Italian dish. Prosciutto di Parma is uncooked, unsmoked and dry cured ham from…

If you love Risotto, then this recipe is up your alley! Gluten Free Italissima Orzo and Delallo Orzo is available online and in specialty Italian stores. Simple Italian at its best. Pasta, lemon, butter and Parmesan cheese is the base for this outstanding easy dish.

Kumquats look like small miniature oranges, abut the size of an olive or grape. They can be eaten whole, skin and all, tasting a bit sweet and sour. Candied Kumquats must be stored in the refrigerator and will last for up for 3 months. Even…

Some of the most fun around dinner are those casual Mexican style meals, with a few Japanese Shishito Pepper! Easy to prepare, they are great entertaining menus and if you are running behind, everyone can chip in. Easy to make – Homemade Corn Tortillas, Pico…

Even though “Confit” means slow cooked, these tomatoes can slow marinate for hours on the counter. Generally we marinate for about 4 hours. Ripe Beefsteak tomatoes work best, compared to Cherry or Grape.

Digby Scallops are renowned for their sweet, tender texture. Digby, Nova Scotia was the first place to commercially fish scallops in the pristine water in the Bay of Funny, during the early 1920’s. They are also renowned for their sustainable fishing practices.