Leeks with Shrimp or Scallops Gammy likes leeks so we have them pretty regularly, of course. She’s not crazy about scallops so I made her plate with shrimp. Leeks are in the onion family but have a taste of their own. They are big and hearty enough to be a side dish all on […]
Recipes
Rustic Italian Sausage Recipe
Rustic Italian Sausage Recipe My Italian grandmother emigrated from Italy in the very early 1900’s. She was from a little town in Puglia called San Paolo di Civitate. My sister found a cookbook called “Puglia, A Culinary Memoir” and sent it to me as a present. I found this Rustic Italian Sausage Recipe and […]
Chicken fillets with Lemon and Parsley – Quick and Easy Recipe
Chicken Fillets with Lemon and Parsley You can find the original of this Chicken fillets with Lemon and Parsley in Essentials of Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan. Some of the recipes in the book seem just too simple and easy to be true and this sure is one of them. But, like all the […]
Chorizo Dinner – One Skillet – While “Wasted Away Again in Margaritaville”
Chorizo Dinner While “Wasted away again in Margaritaville” Yes, we had a chorizo dinner while we were “Wasted away again in Margaritaville”. We were living in Mexico in a town called Chapala. A really nice area on Lake Chapala which is about an hour south of Guadalajara . A few times a year we […]