A specialty from Kimberly, who stayed here at the tower Ingredients: 1/2 cup margarine 1 cup sugar 1 cup + 2 tablespoons Brown sugar 2 cups peanut butter 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 teaspoon corn syrup (I’ve made these with out corn syrup and they turn out just fine) 3 eggs 4 cups uncooked dry oats…

A classic, both summer and winter versions. Ingredients: Cherry tomatoes. (Canned romano tomatoes for the winter version) garlic extra virgin cold pressed olive oil plenty fresh basil (oregano, for the winter version) one chili pepper salt Preparation: WARMER MONTHS (march up to november, if you live in a warm region) Cut the cherry toms in…

A commitment-inducing food: A romantic legend has it that the fragrant rosemary needles on top of the castagnaccio imparted love potion powers to this food, so that  if a girl prepared and offered this cake to a young man, he would fall in love with her and asked her hand in marriage. Worth trying. Ingredients:…

Born a recycling bucket for leftover bread and beens, it is now a homecooked delicacy. Ingredients: red beans (800 grams if fresh, 350 grams if dry) 400 grams canned tomatoes (you can use fresh round tomatoes, but you’ll have to boiled them briefly and peel them first…) 1/2 of a small savoy cabbage
1 red onion…

This unusual eggplant presentation has Marco’s patent, and was officially requested by Wendy. Ingredients: 1 eggplant. Round, firm, of a spotless eggplant color. 1 egg bread crumbs frying oil (olive oil better but not mandatory) tomatoe sauce (homemade better but not mandatory) pesto sauce (homemade better but not mandatory) Preparation: Slice the eggplant in horizontal…

A traditional Danish Christmas dessert with a fun tradition: find the only whole almond in the bowl, and win a prize! (see picture). The hard part is finiding the whole almond and not chew it, to show legitimate proof. The fun part is finding the almond and not telling until the end, and watch everyone…

The super healthy easy alternative to dairy, yeast and chemicals breakfast pancakes! (and good, too) Ingredients: 3 eggs 1/2 lt milk (rice milk, skim milk, soy milk also ok) 1 cup flour (quantity depends on type: white or whole) 1 cup chestnut flour cinnamon (optional) little butter, oil or non-stick pan Preparation: I just had…

Not so easy to prepare… And of course, the quality of the tomatoes and the parmigiano are ESSENTIAL! Ingredients: – 1 red mid-size onion – 4 spoonfuls extra virgin olive oil – more olive oil for frying – 1 kg (approx 2 lbs) red romano tomatoes – a big fistful of fresh basil leaves –…

This is a good fast fresh seafood appetizer, ideal to precede a spaghetti with clams. Please allow some room and time for correction, as proportions here may vary based on the freshness and intensity of each ingredient Ingredients: 1 small cup ricotta 1 (or 2 if the ricotta is very firm) tablespoonfuls of extra virgin…

Green Lasagne (or pesto lasagne) This one is a classic, though we are just posting it today thanks to Chris from Boston College, who reminded us about it. It is a great favorite of mine and all those vegetarian lasagna lovers Ingredients: THERE ARE SEVERAL ALLOWED SHORTCUTS HERE. IF YOU ARE IN A HURRY, TAKE…