Dairy

Ice Cream Cake

2022-06-27T14:53:04-04:00June 27th, 2022|Categories: Cakes, Dairy, Desserts, Desserts, Ice Cream and Frozen Treats|

My all time favorite cake to make during sultry summer months is Ice Cream Cake. Its main ingredient—ice cream—is America’s most loved dessert.  An ice cream cake is no bake, easy to make, and you can prepare it weeks ahead of time and keep it in your freezer until ready to serve.  With the wide [...]

Chocolate Glazed 1-2-3-4 Cupcakes

2021-05-21T12:33:14-04:00May 21st, 2021|Categories: Cupcakes and Muffins, Dairy, Desserts|

I made these scrumptious cupcakes for my grandchildren for a family celebration weekend.  They were a big hit!  I used my 1-2-3-4 yellow cake recipe to make the cupcakes: 1 cup butter; 2 cups sugar; 3 cups flour: 4 eggs—so easy to remember—you  barely need a recipe.  I left some of the cupcakes unglazed, so [...]

Vegetarian Lasagne

2021-05-13T18:12:52-04:00May 13th, 2021|Categories: Dairy, Shavuot, Vegetarian|

Vegetarian lasagna is one of my favorite dairy dishes. Golden brown and bubbling, the finished casserole yields a heavenly commingling of alternating layers of pasta, tomato sauce, sautéed vegetables and melted cheeses—a dairy dish sure to please both young and old alike. 10 ounces lasagna noodles* (about 12 noodles), slightly undercooked and spread on [...]

Sfinge (Italian Doughnuts Filled with Ricotta)

2024-02-21T14:35:07-05:00December 1st, 2016|Categories: Dairy, Desserts, Doughnuts, Food Columns|

Those of you who have been following my columns these past 6 years, may have noticed by the disproportionate number of dessert articles in the magazine, that I have an insatiable sweet tooth.  It should come as no surprise then that I’ll be capping off My Year Of Italy with—well—something sweet.  Sfinge, also known as [...]

Pizza

2024-02-21T14:32:50-05:00September 1st, 2016|Categories: Dairy, Food Columns, Vegetarian|

Since 2016 is My Year of Italy, and September is back to school month, and kids LOVE pizza, we’re going to have some fun with pizza--rolling, spreading, sprinkling, decorating and getting some veggies into the mix. I’ve provided a kid-friendly basic pizza recipe with a tomato sauce that has some chopped carrots and celery in [...]

Cannoli

2024-02-21T14:31:11-05:00August 1st, 2016|Categories: Dairy, Desserts, Food Columns|

Cannoli are Italian pastries originating from the island of Sicily. A staple of Sicilian cuisine, they are also popular in Italian-American cuisine. Cannoli get their name from the Italian word “cannolo” which means “little tube”.  They consist of tube shaped shells of pastry dough which are fried in oil and then piped with a velvety [...]

Cantucci

2024-02-26T14:19:12-05:00May 1st, 2016|Categories: Cookies and Biscotti, Dairy, Desserts, Desserts, Food Columns|

Cantucci are Tuscan dipping cookies.  They’re also known as biscotti in other regions of Italy as well as here in the U.S.  I learned how to make these almond studded beauties from Chef Claudio Piantini last October during our travels in Tuscany, when my husband and I took a private cooking class with the Chef [...]

Patriotic Cheesecake

2024-02-08T19:55:20-05:00July 1st, 2015|Categories: Cheesecakes, Dairy, Desserts, Food Columns, Fourth of July|

Velvety smooth, rich and creamy, this cheesecake is divine. Its decadent taste and texture belie the fact that it is relatively easy to make. Cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and sour cream are beaten together and then poured into a cake pan lined with a traditional graham cracker crumb crust. The cake is then baked in [...]