Honeymoon Ravioli
Nutella Bread for Dessert or for Breakfast!
Learn to Make Fresh Pasta (with a video!)
Easy Italian Pulled Pork
Tips for Homemade Marinara Sauce
Breakfast Fruit Walkaway is a family favorite
A Delicious Vegetarian Dish: Pasta alla Norma
Love knitting? Come read my knitting blog, Italian Dish Knits.
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Eating Our Way Through the Amalfi Coast
Make Whipped Cream Firm
My Favorite Chocolate Cake Recipe
Eggplant Lasagna
Lemon Cake from Capri
Cacio e Pepe
Learn to Make Arancini
Learn How to Make Artisan Bread with no Kneading for Pennies
Thanks, Mom!
Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits Require No Baking
Make Pie Dough in 60 Seconds!
Make Your Own Vanilla Extract
My Five Inexpensive Kitchen Essentials
Beet Ravioli with Goat Cheese
February 28, 2009 
So it's Daring Baker's Challenge time again! This month, the February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE's blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef. They have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge.
February 18, 2009 I can't believe it's been one year since starting this blog. It's been such a fun outlet for my love of cooking and along the way, I've met some incredible fellow bloggers from all over the world. I still can't get over the amazing creativity, passion and talent that exists in the food blog world. There are some people that are truly outstanding and yet so generous and helpful. If some of you readers have never done so, please check out my favorite food blogs in the sidebar and enjoy reading some of these great blogs. This blog has also enabled me to launch The Daily Colander, my other site that focuses on food news, kitchen finds and great food videos. Give me a visit over there and let me know what you think!
The best thing about cooking is enjoying the company of the people you are feeding. There are so many wonderful dishes I can't wait to cook and so many people I love to feed. I look forward to sharing all this with you in the year to come. Thanks to everyone who reads this blog and your many wonderful comments and e-mails.
Looking back, these are some of my favorite dishes:
from top left:
Pasta with Shrimp and Sicilian Pesto, Torta di Nada, Roasted Squash Ravioli with Sage, Eggplant Rolatini, Italian Easter Bread, Almond Raspberry Cake, Black Pepper Fettuccine with Parsnips and Pancetta, Scallops in Saffron Sauce, Almond Tart and Porchetta.
February 11, 2009 
My mom, Angela, passed away in 1985. She was from Sicily and I was just really beginning to get into cooking when she died. A short time ago, I was flipping through an old Italian cookbook of hers and saw this recipe, written by her, in the back of the book:
