Rosemary Onion Focaccia
Much of my childhood summers were spent running around my Nonna’s mountain village in Liguria, Italy, joining in squirt gun wars with Italian and German kids of the village. The […]
Category Archives: Spring Dishes
Dijon Branzino with Grilled Fennel
Branzino is one of the more popular choices of white fish in Italy. It is often baked whole in a crosta di sale (salt crust), and accompanied by roasted rosemary potatoes. Branzino […]
Baked Turkey “Polpettine” Meatballs
At the Agrihotel Elisabetta in Tuscany this summer, I was in charge of making the meatballs for the dinner buffet every morning. After the breakfast shift was over at 11:00 […]
Torino Tiramisu
While dwelling in an apartment in the center of Torino my freshman year of high school, I got into the habit of going out every weekend to get a tiramisu […]
Orata with Ricotta and Red Onion
Gilt-head bream is what some call the orata fish on the east coast of the United States. I don’t recall ever seeing the orata in the United States, even though the gilt-head bream is […]
Salad with Mango, Avocado, and Quinoa
I am going to cut the chit chat here. In this case, the pictures speak louder than any words I can use to describe this vibrant salad. A combination of […]
Seared Salmon with Zucchini
The BenGusto™ elibrary contains documents upon documents of successful recipes, intriguing ideas (most of which won’t actually work), and hilarious disasters that are all stored on one electronic device. If […]