Summer Gazpacho & French Grilled Cheese
So when I first arrived in Paris about three weeks ago, the first recipe that I created was a Franco-Spanish twist on the classic American comfort dish of grilled cheese […]
Category Archives: Summer Dishes
Papa’s Zuppa di Pesce
“Zuppa di Pesce” = Soup of Fish My father, a native of Venezia, Italy, grew up in a household where the Mediterranean diet reigned as life’s golden rule. My nonna […]
Curly Sweet Potato Chips
This is just a basic recipe for fabulous crispy fried sweet potato chips, hand sliced in house. They’re great as a side, for a snack, or on the BenGusto™ recipe […]
A Schoolboy’s Grilled Lemon-Herb Chicken
At the end of each school quarter, a group of about 10 guy friends and I get together to rinse off all our fresh knowledge with grilled chicken and sausage. […]
“Bencake” & Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
In the dead of winter, amidst the trudging through thick frost on snowy evenings, it can be heartwarming to open up a cookbook just to take a peek at summer […]
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 […]
Spicy Sauteéd Rainbow Carrots
Any chic qualities carrots once had have been dried away with baby food jars and large stock pots. Let’s face it: carrots can be boring. There was a moment when […]