Eggs, they’re the prefect fast food.  Eggs cook fast and act as a delivery system for just about anything in almost any combination.  Served hot or cold, a frittata can feed the whole family, at...

A simple pasta soft, unripened cheese, lots of healthy grilled vegetables, a hint of garlic scape and a blast of balsamic reduction. Serve hot or cold, as a starter or a main for lunch or...

Wednesday night and time to get dinner on the table. A simple little pasta, 45 minutes, start to finish: mushrooms, zucchini and cherry tomatoes in a light cream sauce topped with prosciutto...

It’s comfort food season, a chilly day found me in the kitchen whipping-up a batch of spaghetti & meatballs, singing “On Top of Spaghetti” and pondering the nature of the sobriety of those writing children’s...

Antipasto (plural antipasti), means ‘before the meal’ – the traditional first course of a formal Italian meal. The Italian equivalent of saying  “First, we eat this… then we EAT…” The holidays are upon us and along...

Shelves lined with cookies and coffee paraphernalia and tiny front shop jammed with customers gripping steamy cups of cappuccino, drooling over the pastry display; Simply Biscotti is a must stop in Ottawa’s little Italy....