Italian appetizers & snacks recipes

Italian Greens - Utica Style

This is the ever popular dish that you won't find anywhere but in Utica, NY unless the cook/chef has originated from Utica. There is even an annual…

Eggplant and Tomato Sauce

Zucchini BLOSSOM Chickpea flour FRITTERS Gluten free

Crispy bites of chickpea flour covered zucchini blossom fritters...accompany tender nibbles of peach and cream…

Calzone di cipolla alla pugliese

This dish brings back some of my fondest childhood food memories. Calzone di cipolla, or onion pie, is one of…

Smoked Salmon Carpaccio

Here's an elegant yet very quick and easy starter that suits just about any menu: a 'carpaccio' of smoked salmon, dressed simply with oil and lemon.

Spaghetti with Meatballs - the original Italian recipe

Though many think this dish is Italian American, there is a traditional dish from Abruzzo that must have been…

PORT FIGS...dried FIGS bathing in PORTO

Plump up those sun-dried figs into a perfectly spirited culinary concoction. For a detailed post...refer to:…

Home Made Sun Dried Tomatoes

Easy Eggplant AntiPasto

Lemon-Cranberry Biscotti

The biscotti had its origin in Roman times They are a dry, crunchy cookie that contains no fat and quite nourishing. .A food with sustenance and…

Seafood Pasta Diavolo

A spiced up red sauce over pasta and lots of fish added during Lent Easter week this is our best recipe!

Pizzas

RICOTTA PANZAROTTI WITH MARINARA SAUCE

I learned how to make the panzarotti from a chef with the same last name as I in Sorrento. Esposito is a very…

Spaghetti Carbonara with Roasted Garlic

Italian comfort food at its best, with a garlicky twist. See the original post with Italian travel tale at…

Bonanza of Biscotti!

I lost track on the number of biscotti that I made in the last 24 hours (in between a hectic work schedule). I made a few variations of the biscotti…