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Bucatini Pasta with Roasted Chestnuts, Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese

Bucatini Pasta with Roasted Chestnuts, Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese

During the winter months, there’s nothing more warming and comforting than wonderful pasta with hearty chestnuts, a wonderful winter squash, a creamy cheese, some sautéed leeks and a splash of vermouth! Please don’t let the roasted chestnut deter you! Chestnuts are easy to find now. You no longer have to wait for the Fall/Winter seasons […]

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Ziti with Portabella Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Goat Cheese

Ziti with Portabella Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Goat Cheese

Ziti with Portabella Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Goat Cheese About 14 years ago, I worked on a yacht that was owned by a prominent businessman who resided in Puerto Rico. He didn’t normally like us to have the boat in San Juan, except when we were bunkering fuel from a barge in the harbor. One […]

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Tortellini

The Tortellini Tag Team

My Grandmother immigrated to the U.S. as a young mother from Bracigliano, a town in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of Southwestern Italy and just below the Bay of Naples. My Grandparents left Italy hoping for a better life for their growing family as so many did. They arrived through Ellis Island […]

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Pasta with Sauce Bolognese

Pasta with Sauce Bolognese

I’ve done a little research to give you an accurate and succinct background on the origins of a Ragù alla Bolognese. A Bolognese sauce is an Italian meat-based sauce served with egg pasta which originated in the northern Italian city of Bologna. In Italian cuisine, this sauce is traditionally used to sauce a tagliatelle and […]

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Herbed Butter | Don’t Cry Over Extra Cream!

Herbed Butter | Don’t Cry Over Extra Cream!

I always seem to have left over heavy cream for a recipe. Instead of leaving it the refrigerator forgotten, make an herb or flavored butter. Pour the cream into your food processor and pulse until it firms up and holds a shape. Then throw in the herbs and pulse a few more times. You can […]

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