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Ginned Tomato Sauce
Ginned Tomato Sauce brings together the woodsy-herbal elements of dry gin with the sweetness of fresh tomatoes. Relatively quick and easy to make, Ginned Tomato Sauce imbues the tomato sauce with the gin’s flavor elements, yielding a surprisingly tasty yet simple sauce. Ginned Tomato Sauce is best served with a long form pasta like fettuccine,…
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Ginned Tomato Sauce brings together the woodsy-herbal elements of dry gin with the sweetness of fresh tomatoes. Relatively quick and easy to make, Ginned Tomato Sauce imbues the tomato sauce with the gin’s flavor elements, yielding a surprisingly tasty yet simple sauce. Ginned Tomato Sauce is best served with a long form pasta like fettuccine,…
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Fish with Baharat and Lemon
Fish with Baharat and Lemon is an exotic yet easy recipe. Bahārāt is a blend of finely ground spices used in Middle Eastern and Turkish cuisine; it is the Arabic word for “spices”. It is often used to season chicken, lamb, beef and fish; it is savory-sweet and there is no heat element to it. …
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Fish with Baharat and Lemon is an exotic yet easy recipe. Bahārāt is a blend of finely ground spices used in Middle Eastern and Turkish cuisine; it is the Arabic word for “spices”. It is often used to season chicken, lamb, beef and fish; it is savory-sweet and there is no heat element to it. …
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Guacamole
Guacamole is ubiquitous at the table on game night, pool parties and fun get-togethers. A staple of Mexican cuisine, easy to prepare with a few simple ingredients, fresh Guacamole is also great with grilled meats, carnitas, fajitas and carne asada. Include Guacamole at breakfast with eggs prepared any style and spice up your avocado toast…
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Guacamole is ubiquitous at the table on game night, pool parties and fun get-togethers. A staple of Mexican cuisine, easy to prepare with a few simple ingredients, fresh Guacamole is also great with grilled meats, carnitas, fajitas and carne asada. Include Guacamole at breakfast with eggs prepared any style and spice up your avocado toast…
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Breaded Cauliflower Antipasto
Breaded Cauliflower Antipasto the ultimate snack to keep hungry guests under control before a holiday meal but it’s also perfect for a game night. Jan was first introduced to this delicious snack or antipasto during an Easter dinner almost 40 years ago at Vito’s parents’ home. Curiously, while popular in Italian-American households, it is rarely…
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Breaded Cauliflower Antipasto the ultimate snack to keep hungry guests under control before a holiday meal but it’s also perfect for a game night. Jan was first introduced to this delicious snack or antipasto during an Easter dinner almost 40 years ago at Vito’s parents’ home. Curiously, while popular in Italian-American households, it is rarely…
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Grilled Pasta alla Norma
Lush and smoky, Grilled Pasta alla Norma, is our take on this classic Sicilian dish, said to be a favorite of the 19th century composer Vincenzo Bellini and named for his greatest opera heroine. Bellini was a native of Catania, Sicily as was Vito’s paternal grandmother. Here we grill the eggplant, yielding a deep, smoky…
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Lush and smoky, Grilled Pasta alla Norma, is our take on this classic Sicilian dish, said to be a favorite of the 19th century composer Vincenzo Bellini and named for his greatest opera heroine. Bellini was a native of Catania, Sicily as was Vito’s paternal grandmother. Here we grill the eggplant, yielding a deep, smoky…
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Lemony Egg Salad
Full of bright lemon flavor and the juicy crunch of celery, our Lemony Egg Salad offers a fresh take on an old favorite. Lemony Egg Salad is easy to prepare using available ingredients and it's ready in no time. Delicious on its own, enjoy Lemony Egg Salad in a sandwich on soft potato bread or…
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Full of bright lemon flavor and the juicy crunch of celery, our Lemony Egg Salad offers a fresh take on an old favorite. Lemony Egg Salad is easy to prepare using available ingredients and it's ready in no time. Delicious on its own, enjoy Lemony Egg Salad in a sandwich on soft potato bread or…
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Meyer Lemon Pasta Sauce
Aromatic, sweet yet tangy Meyer lemons are key to our Meyer Lemon Pasta Sauce; other lemon varieties will yield a too tart, harsh sauce. The cooking process calls for the preparation of two sauces which are reduced and then combined to form silky Meyer Lemon Pasta Sauce. It’s wonderful with any cut pasta shape but…
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Aromatic, sweet yet tangy Meyer lemons are key to our Meyer Lemon Pasta Sauce; other lemon varieties will yield a too tart, harsh sauce. The cooking process calls for the preparation of two sauces which are reduced and then combined to form silky Meyer Lemon Pasta Sauce. It’s wonderful with any cut pasta shape but…
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Roasted Peppers Italian Style
Roasted Peppers are very tasty, when combined with garlic and olive oil, they are magic. In many Italian-American households roasting peppers is a long-held family tradition; Vito’s Mom was no exception and we got to enjoy them many times as part of an antipasto before a holiday meal and sometimes along with lunch or in…
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Roasted Peppers are very tasty, when combined with garlic and olive oil, they are magic. In many Italian-American households roasting peppers is a long-held family tradition; Vito’s Mom was no exception and we got to enjoy them many times as part of an antipasto before a holiday meal and sometimes along with lunch or in…
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