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PEAR UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
I love the way gingerbread—with its delicious combination of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and molasses—makes the…

DENTICE IN ACQUA PAZZA
Originally acqua pazza, or “crazy water,” referred to cooking fish in seawater, as Neapolitan fishermen…

KERALAN SHORT-NECK
This is a dish I made with Mr Silvi and his family all together one…

Lemon Blueberry Cobbler
A cobbler makes shoes. Shoes make the man. Man made fire. Fire creates ashes. Ashes…

Grilled Cheese
An unexpected and delicious summertime entrée.

Brined Chicken Breasts
This dish is the single most convincing argument for brining I can put forth. The…

GREEK BAKED EGGS
Baked eggs—often called shirred eggs or, if you’re French, oeufs en cocotte—come out of the…

Chocolate Melt-in-the-middle Puddings
The Chocolate Spread works very well here – perfect for that delicious oozing, melting chocolate…