European appetizers & snacks recipes added by professional chefs

Super Fast Fried Cheese Appetizer - Saganaki

If you have a cast iron skillet, you can make a simple, delicious appetizer - fast! A cheese lover's delight!…

Italian Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Menu

Italian have traditional foods on the eve and day.. Here is recipes shared along the years and traditions our…

Italian Baked Mashed Potato Croquettes

A very delicate crunch and hardly no fat to worry about baking them instead of frying. Grandma's recipe adapted…

Super Easy, Low Calorie Chicken Caesar Salad Stuffed Shells

Most of us love Caesar salad. Add chicken and tomatoes to it and stuff into jumbo pasta shells and it becomes a…

Lemon Chicken Cutlet

My mom made things simple, but delicious, nothing fancy just good old home Italian cookin'

Cenci Cookies - Italian Bow Ties

I can’t even begin to explain how addicting Cenci Cookies are! When you think of deep frying, you normally use…

Moules a la Provencale

One of our favorite appetizers. Also makes a great meal with fries. I recommend that home chefs get their butcher to clean the mussels before you…

CLEVER on ROASTED GARLIC clove

An incredible way to simply roast GARLIC to its rich caramel luscious state. Here is my very clever method on how to roast garlic to get the…

cold Espresso Coffee AMARETTO Latté

Deliciously light and refreshing. This has remained a highly requested concoction.

The Stinking Rose ® Garlic Rose Relish

Italian Holiday Struffoli

These little balls of fried dough dipped in hot honey syrup are a holiday tradition for many Italian families.

Chicken drumsticks wrapped in pancetta

Jazzed-up drumsticks. Quick prep then just leave them to cook.

Crispy Eggplant Croquettes

nice crispy eggplant croquetts

Bierocks (beerocks, bierochs...whatever, they’re great!)

A yeast dough stuffed with beef and cabbage then baked, this German “hamburger” has been a favorite treat…

Spinach and Cheese Calzone

Just a plain old simple Calzone, nothing special. Spinach provolone and mozzarella, dip it in marinara. A perfect lunch food. You can easily adapt…