The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Rucker; recipes by Michelle Scicolone, as ingredient/direction guides. She added her own modifications/changes, so the recipe is not 100% verbatim from either book.

Warm cinnamon gelato is a wonderful companion with puffy pillows of fried dough that has been sweetened with orange sugar.

Nanette got herself an ice cream maker for her birthday and ever since (it has only …

Homemade spinach pasta rolled and cut into thin noodles, then tossed with a country style ragu and sprinkled with fresh grated parmesan cheese, a wonderful and simple dinner.

Risotto, an Italian rice dish, is a staple recipe that everyone should know how to make. It is simple to make. And ever so versatile. We show you how to do so, by using our Basic Risotto Recipe.

I had  no intentions of making soup two nights in a row.  It was a late night at the office and by the time we got home it was almost time to eat.  I can …

This is going to be a quick & dirty post – only because we are completely swamped right now.  I do want to tell you all about this fantastic Barefoot Contessa recipe, that has become …

As a regular reader you know how much we love Gourmet Magazine and yes, we heard the near horrible news that they be be under by year end – it possibly cannot be true!  Their …

I was very excited to see October’s challenge listed on the DB site – Basic Pizza Dough, by Peter Reinhart, I am so glad that Rosa over at Rosa’s Yummy Yum decided to continue with …