Cooking orecchiette with sausage and broccoli rabe is like bringing a piece of Puglia into your kitchen. It’s humble, bold, and comforting all at once. Whether you lean traditional with anchovies or go hearty with sausage, you’ll discover why this dish has traveled the world—and why it remains one of Italy’s most beloved pasta creations.

Coffee is one of the greatest drinks in the world. So many cultures drink coffee, they have different brewing methods, but they appreciate the flavor you can get in the glass.

So I absolutely love the Pit Boss smoker, it does for me the things I don’t want to do on a stick burner which is stay outside all day or stay up all night.

The Muffuletta sandwich, a culinary treasure originating from New Orleans, is a delightful blend of flavors that encapsulates the spirit of the city. The sandwich’s story begins in the early 20th century at Central Grocery Company, a Sicilian deli founded by Italian immigrant Salvatore Lupo. He crafted the Muffuletta as a convenient meal for workers and travelers alike, forging a connection between the Italian communities and the broader New Orleans culture.

Making breakfast for the family or a group always makes us ask “What can I make?”.

The breakfast frittata should be an option you consider. I believe a lot of people are intimidated by this dish, but in reality it is a very simple and easy dish to make.

It’s hard to believe that being the huge Italian wine fan that I am, that I’ve never had this varietal.

You can’t go wrong with either pre-fermentation. Are they worth doing? YES!

When you want a cheeseburger but you want to change things up a little. The answer could be and should be the quesadilla cheeseburger.

Lets start by letting those that don’t know, Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio are the same grape. It’s Pinot Grigio in Italy and Pinot Gris in most other places around the world.

A few weeks ago my wife was at work having lunch with some friends. One of her friends asked her if she likes Tostadas de Tinga, she answered, she had no idea what this dish was. So, quickly a picture and recipe was found on google and that was sent to me. “Will you make this?”, of course my answer was yes. Just look at this picture, who wouldn’t say yes when this is sent to you.

The patty melt is in the hamburger family, but in my opinion it doesn’t get enough love in the burger category.

Who doesn’t like dessert, something sweet always hits the spot. But what I enjoy at times is a elevated finger food dessert, not a cookie, cup cake or ice cream cone. These are great but they lack the level of elegance and complexity most of the time. Now enter the Cannoli, a delicious finger food dessert with visual elegance, complexity in flavor and easy to make.

Osso Buco is a dish that I’ve had only a couple of times, you don’t see it on a lot of Italian restaurant menus. It is a Italian comfort food, and it is delicious.

There are a lot of wines to choose from when enjoying a good steak. You can have a Cab Sauv from Bordeaux or Napa, a Syrah from the Rhone Valley or Australia, a Merlot from right bank Bordeaux, or a Super Tuscan from Italy. All of these are great choices, but Barolo is our favorite wine with steak.

It’s hard to beat “steak night”, it’s a meal that pleases everyone in the family. In our house the favorite cut of steak is filet, and tonight that’s for dinner.

Lets be honest, if you’re going to make pizza at home, you want a pizza oven. There’s something about cooking pizza in a pizza oven where you see the flame, you have to turn the pizza, and you manage the cook level.

When you get into wine, and I mean you become a “wine nerd”, you want to #keepexploring. That’s where I’m at with my wine journey.

Pinot Grigio is often thought to be a simple wine, not a lot of complexity, it’s on every wine list, it’s usually very inexpensive and not going to offend the average wine drinker. It’s 180 degrees of that when you explore Pinot Grigio from Alto Adige Italy.

We ALL love pizza! But making it at home from scratch is something else. Starting to make pizza at home can be a little intimidating because the best way to end up with fantastic pizza is to make your own dough.