antipasto

Bread Dipping Oil

November 5, 2024

If you’ve been saving your best olive oil for a special dish, this is it. Garlic, Parmesan, fresh herbs, olives and sun-dried tomatoes, ready in 10 minutes. Use any leftover oil to flavour pasta, as a salad dressing or in a soup.

bombette pugliesi – italian street food

November 8, 2019

Pork street food of Puglia.

ciro’s stracciatella bruschetta

September 18, 2019

Mr. S and I LOVE cheese and you know you’re a cheese lover when your…

bruschetta with white anchovies

October 24, 2016

Bruschetta (pronounced bru-sketta) is a classic Italian appetizer consisting of toasted bread slices topped with…

fried olives stuffed with cheese

January 22, 2016

What is your favorite snack? Do you go back to the same one time after…

Antipasto Salad

January 20, 2016

Romaine with chickpeas, fresh mozzarella, salami, artichoke hearts, roasted peppers and olives in a balsamic vinaigrette.

Grilled Pepper Salad

August 13, 2015

Charred bell peppers with garlic, capers, olives and mint in olive oil. Good as antipasto or a side.

stuffed zucchini blossoms

August 11, 2015

Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms…sounds so heavenly.  Summer squash which includes zucchini, is now available in local…

Grilled Garlic Scapes Pesto

July 20, 2015

It’s funny how easily I can be distracted when trying to write a post.  I…

Marinated Olives

April 20, 2015

The olive bar at any food shop makes me stop dead in my tracks.  I’m…

Grilled Peppers

July 4, 2014

We grill all year round but when the weather is warmer we use the barbecue…

Shrimp on Polenta Rounds with Sun-Dried Tomato Relish

March 31, 2014

It was one of those days. I needed some sort of dinner inspiration (read nudge)…