Insalata Caprese

Happy Friday everyone!  The tomatoes are loving this hot and wet weather.  My garden is bursting with Brandywine, Roma, and Yellow Bells.  The Caprese salad is one of my favorite ways to enjoy this seasonal favorite.  This salad comes from the Campania region of Italy, the southern part, where the beloved Neapolitan pizza originates as well as the best [...]

Tarte Tomate à la Moutarde

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Panzanella

The time for panzanella has arrived!  Panzanella is a Florentine bread and tomato salad beloved all over the world.  It’s very simple and easy to make.  The secret to making a great version of this dish to make sure you have the best and freshest ingredients you can get.  I would suggest going to your favorite local market earlier than [...]

O mangia, o beve, e i buon amici

Last summer we told you about our new chef friend Salvatore Di Scala.  Every minute spent with Sal has been exciting and full of laughter.  I can’t say that about too many people.  He lives and loves life like no other.  Within the past six months we have witnessed him falling in love and eventually marrying his [...]

BLT Sandwich

Hello everyone, this is what we had for dinner yesterday.  What could be better than a BLT sandwich on a hot summer night?  Whenever we’ve bought a package of bacon from Lois of Marr’s Valley View Farms this season, we’ve cooked all of it so that we have ready to eat bacon to use anytime.  The best way [...]