Recipes

The mythical $250 Neiman Marcus Cookie, a cookie so good — full of oats, chocolate, and walnuts! — that its supposed hefty price tag won’t surprise you in the least.

Pasta Series #9: Rosa's Paglia e Fieno

A tangle of spinach pasta and egg pasta, served in a pea and pancetta sauce, courtesy of the brilliant Pasta Grannies cookbook.

Pasta Series, PastaFrancesca BruzzeseFebruary 29, 2020italian recipes, pasta and risotto, savory, veggies, winterComment

Beans, Greens & Pasta Soup + the ultimate soup formula

The no-fail formula to making a good soup — just fill in the blanks with whatever ingredients you’d like!

Vegetarian, Soup, VeganFrancesca BruzzeseFebruary 24, 2020easy, savory, veggies, winterComment

Chocolate Mudslide Cookies

Intensely, deeply, chocolate-y cookies, not for the faint of heart.

Cookies and BiscottiFrancesca BruzzeseFebruary 12, 2020american recipes, chocolate, cookies brownies and bar cookies, easy, sweetComment

Classic Glazed Doughnuts

Homemade doughnuts, because there are few things better than a freshly glazed doughnut, still warm from the fryer. Swoon.

Fried desserts, Breakfast and BrunchFrancesca BruzzeseFebruary 5, 2020american recipes, breakfast, sweetComment

Dreamy Pistachio Cake + 31st Birthday

A rich, buttery, intensely pistachio-y (new word) cake, perfect at breakfast, for snack, or for dessert.

Cakes and Cupcakes, Every day cakesFrancesca BruzzeseJanuary 31, 2020breakfast, cake, easy, spring, sweet, winterComment

Pasta Series #8: Garganelli fatti in casa

The 8th recipe in the blog’s pasta series! Hand rolled garganelli with a hearty vegetarian sauce — perfect winter fare.

Pasta Series, PastaFrancesca BruzzeseJanuary 23, 2020italian recipes, pasta and risotto, savory, winterComment

Winter Caponata

Caponata, winter-edition; here we swap the eggplant for fennel or artichokes (your choice!)

Mini Meatball Soup

Mini meatballs, pasta, lots of veggies — a soup that’s got it all, basically.

Meat Chicken Fish, Soup, ChristmasFrancesca BruzzeseJanuary 7, 2020chicken meat fish, easy, winterComment

**Top 5 Recipes of 2019**

Another year of blogging in the books! Here’s a line up of the most popular recipes of 2019.

Non recipe postsFrancesca BruzzeseDecember 28, 2019Non recipe postsComment

Pasta Series #7: Spätzle with butter + chives

The easiest homemade pasta you’ll ever make — no kneading, shaping, or pasta machine needed!

Pasta Series, Pasta, ChristmasFrancesca BruzzeseDecember 22, 2019easy, italian recipes, pasta and risotto, savory, winterComment

Pistachio Shortbread

Shortbread taken to the next level with buttery, toasty pistachios — bonus: no rolling out of the dough or cookie cutters needed here, either.

Cookies and Biscotti, ChristmasFrancesca BruzzeseDecember 16, 2019cookies brownies and bar cookies, easy, sweet, winterComment

Gingerbread Pancakes

A stack of spicy, cozy, Christmas-y pancakes, perfect with a drizzle (or two) of maple syrup. Yummm.

Christmas, Breakfast and BrunchFrancesca BruzzeseDecember 10, 2019american recipes, breakfast, easy, sweet, winterComment

Grano & Farina Scuola di Cucina, Part II

All about my favorite cooking school in the eternal city — Grano & Farina Scuola di Cucina.

Non recipe postsFrancesca BruzzeseNovember 29, 2019italian recipes, pasta and risotto, savoryComment

Best Ever Pumpkin Muffins

Autumn, baked in a muffin pan.

Pumpkin Spice, Breakfast and BrunchFrancesca BruzzeseNovember 21, 2019american recipes, autumn, breakfast, easy, sweetComment

Apple Caramel Spice Cake

Infused with cozy Fall spices and roasted apple and then topped with a salted caramel glaze, it’s no wonder that this cake is one of my Favorite Things I’ve Ever Baked.