Laurie McNamara’s recipe for Tomato, Spinach and Parmesan Baked Eggs goes down in Food Schmooze® history as the best baked egg dish we’ve ever tasted. Easy, delicious, and SO being served at every brunch we host from here on out.
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New York-Style Pizza
Carla Bartolucci, author of Einkorn: Recipes for Nature’s Original Wheat, calls this New York–Style Pizza to distinguish it from Italy’s Neapolitan pizza. See Faith’s review of Einkorn to learn more about Carla and this ancient grain.
Cream of Roasted Mushroom Soup
When we talked about this recipe from Saveur’s Soups and Stews on the show, of course, the word we used over and over was umami. Mushroom lovers, rejoice: there are three forms of mushrooms in this soup: fresh, dried, and panfried.
Olive Oil Chocolate Walnut Brownies
These aren’t Italian, as Nancy Harmon Jenkins freely admits, yet she couldn’t resist the challenge of substituting olive oil for butter; she’s deservedly proud of the result. Jenkins is author of Virgin Territory, a history of olive oil in the Mediterranean and recipes featuring olive oil.
Better than Ever Egg Noodles with Prosciutto, Peas & Two Cheeses
To our surprise, this lovable combination of ingredients is not from Italy, but from Switzerland, according to Cooks Illustrated, which featured this dish in its March/April issue. Dan Souza did lots of tests and discovered that if he used equal amounts of cheese, the prosciutto and other ingredients tasted better than ever. Children and grownups […]
Halibut with a Dreamy Beurre Blanc Sauce
In one bite we were offering ohs and ahs as we took our first bites of Halibut Beurre Blanc, prepared for us by Chris Prosperi from Nina Planck’s The Real Food Cookbook. While it sounds fancy because of the French reference, it’s a simple butter and white wine sauce that would make any piece of […]
