How to make meatballs so good, you don't need sauce. Just toss with fresh veggies for a summer garden pasta.

Peach pie with stars and stripes crust

Roasted magda zucchini and eggplant, as a side dish or a brunch topped with poached eggs.

Fresh blackberries, basil make an unusual dessert of panzanella.

There was a time, it was a given that if I was going to order a steak in a restaurant, it would be filet migno

A well-balanced salad of corn and beans can be eaten as a meal, or as a side dish.

Mix and bake this cake in one pan, using whatever fruit you have around for the prettiest, easiest dessert.

A simple but perfectly balanced mix of lemon, honey and olive oil great for salad.

Fusion Focaccia, Italian process, Asian flavors

Adapted from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan

Chicken roulade, eaten hot or cold is perfect for a light supper for a spring picnic.

Proscuitto and asparagus come together in a frittata.

Lemony olive cake with a lemon glaze.

Dark rich chocolate cake, good for layer cake or 18 cupcakes.

Broccoli Basil Frittata covered in mozzarella cheese, baked in a cast iron pan. Easy brunch, lunch or dinner.

Using a Marcella Hazan recipe and a zuni cafe technique, this is the best roasted chicken you will ever eat an

Delicious pot roast adapted by Essentials of Classical Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan

The Elixer of Soups, Borscht or red beet soup packs a punch of health and flavor.

An Italian version of leek and carrot tart.

3 tablespoons canola oil 3 cups blue cornmeal 2 tablespoons baking powder ½ teaspoons baking soda 1 cup

Adapted from Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. Italy meets the South with Veal Osso Buco

There is nothing like homemade beef stock made from roasted bones, adapted from Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Kelle

Recipe for Chicken Broth adapted from Ad Hoc at Home, Thomas Keller

Merry Christmas to everyone. If I could, I would do for you what I did for my husband. Make one of this favori

This chocolate fudge recipe is my most requested dessert, made only at Christmas time and yields 5 pounds.

Classic Spaghetti & Meatballs from my Italian Mother.

Great for the holidays a two toned ice cream bombe with raspberry sorbet in middle surrounded by vanilla ice c

Rainbow Chard Torte an Italian vegetable tarte from Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classical Italian Cooking

A savory tart tatin with fennel, pears, and chicken

Tangerine sorbet, a refreshing dessert for the holidays.

A wonderful combination of apples and cashews roasted together with Brussels Sprouts.

Recipe for filling adapted from Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classical Cooking

A salad made from cabbage sprouts.

Sweet Peas find their way into this frittata, a great brunch or dinner.

I had Pasta all'Amatriciana in Rome, and this recipe is just as good.

Sweet Potato Filled Ravioli,, adapted from Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, paire