Current Recipe Index by entry

The little bites- Antipasti and Tapas
Basic tomato topping for bruschetta or crostini:
Basic cream cheese topping

Braised Pork and a Smoked Salmon antipasto
Braised Pork with onions and raisins
Smoked salmon and crema with chives

Beer Bread and Fish Stew
Beer Bread
Kurt’s Fish Stew

It’s just chicken
Chicken and Sausages with peppers
Grilled Chicken in orange mustard marinade

If it swims, it's probably good for you
Fish poached in sugo
Salmon Patties
Slow cooked tuna
Grilled fish kebabs

Shrimp, Scallops, and Squid
Bacon-Wrapped Ginger Soy Scallops
Spicy Shrimp with Mangos and Snow Peas
Scarred Squid
Marinated shrimp

Antipasti, Parties and some new clothes
Sautéed mushrooms and Marsala
Stuffed peppers
Fresh mozzarella slices with olive oil and salt

Today its Eggs
Baked eggs with Spinach
Baked eggs with wine and Asiago cheese and chicken and apple sausage
Artichoke and mushroom frittata
Asparagus and steamed eggs (alone or wrapped)
Cheddar Cheese Egg Casserole
Tortilla Espanola with Aioli

Condiments that add excitement
Apple or Pear mostarda
Lemon or citrus mostarda
Pear and Ginger mostarda
Dried Apricot and Onion Conserve
Fig marmalata
Pepper marmalatta

It's some more fish
Tuna Salad undone
Blackened spicy fish
Grilled fish with Spring Herb Hollandaise Sauce

Friends for dinner
Salmon crostini
Oven-dried tomatoes and marinated mozzarella
Stuffed, deep-fried squash blossoms
Pumpkin filled ravioli
Veal scaloppini

I know! More fish.
Baked Fish fillets

Foodies, chefs and cookbook authors
Baccala and potato bruschetta
Tomatoes with mozzarella
Crostini with peperoni agrodolce and Strachinno.
Sweet peppers stuffed with a sausage and cheese mixture
BBQ salmon
Braised chard with tomatoes
Zucotta

Comfort Foods -1
Neapolitan Meat Loaf
Meatloaf with Roasted Tomato Relish and Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Albondigas (Meatballs in Garlic-Tomato Sauce)
Lamb Meatballs in Almond Sauce
Chicken Sausages

What about Pasta?
Fillings:
Potatoes with two cheeses (mozzarella and pecorino),
Ricotta with spinach,
Ricotta with lemon and anisette, and
Pumpkin with potatoes, spices, amaretto cookies, Parmigiano-Reggiano or pecorino cheeses.
Smoked salmon, mashed potatoes, chopped spinach, parsley, and lemon peel
Smoked trout in place of the salmon and without the spinach.
Chopped spinach and mushrooms

Some different takes on fish
Spanish Salt Cod Fritters with Spicy Tomato Sauce
Sea bass with pesto, zucchini and carrots cooked en papillote
Moroccan Grilled Salmon
Grouper Poached in Olive Oil With Grape Leaves


Working as a cook in Italy
Turkey scaloppini with artichokes lemons and olives
Umbrian chicken liver pate
Tagliatelle with pesto and grilled fish
Black cabbage with oven dried tomatoes and pancetta
Sweet and sour cipollini

Italian antipasti
Crostini with funghi pate
Crostini with Umbrian chicken liver (fegatini) pate
Crostini with cannellini bean puree and caramelized onions and garlic
Crostini with fresh ricotta, dried peperoncini, salt and honey (heated)
Crostini with chopped spiced tuna and tomato
Crostini with sausage and stracchino, Parmigiano-Reggiano and spicy chutney

Primo piatti - First plate sauces
Basic pesto sauce
Sugo do pomodori e verdure
Sugo di Cinghiale (Sauce of Wild Boar, Herbs, Olives, Juniper Berries and Wine)
Sugo all'amatriciana
Sugo alla Puttanesca
Bechamel sauce and variations
Gorgonzola and cream sauce

Christmas in Umbria
Crostini (bruschetta) with braised cavolo nero and anchovies
Spicy shrimp
Baccalà pate

Felice Capodanno, New Year's Eve 2009
Frittura of fennel
Tagliatelle with Classic Meat Sauce
Grilled Marinated Leg of Lamb
Zucotta

Comfort Food with an asterisk
Crispy chicken and dipping sauces
Barbequed Brisket (oven)
Paprika-Glazed Baby Back Ribs
Pork Chili
Corn Bread

Leftovers: Making something good from stuff in the fridge
Barbecued chicken salad
Basic hash
Surfer stew