SUMMER!!! How I love thee!! There is nothing like the garden bounty of a midsummer’s day.

I just returned home from a trip to Uganda. (wait? what??? Uganda? I do volunteer work with women. A story for another day indeed.)

However, it meant NO salad, veggies or fruit washed in local water for an entire 8 days. I drooled over every plump ripe tomato being sold roadside; every leaf of crispy cool lettuce; every juicy exotic fruit.

Continue reading Summers’ Sultry Solstice: Eggplant Ricotta ‘Ravioli’ with Summer Tomato Sauce at Our Italian Table.

Ahhh, the summer garden. How I love the quiet time amongst my little plants in spring, waiting for their roots to take hold and for their stalks or leaves to soar. There is nothing like the joy of seeing that first zucchini blossom, tomato flower or artichoke stem. But then, a business trip calls me away and I return to find my plants have taken on a life of their own – seemingly to have grown overnight into alien versions of their little former selves; weeds, leaves and summer’s bounty all mingling into a little jungle of sorts.

Continue reading A Summer’s Riff on Pesto: Arugula, Basil and Walnut Pesto at Our Italian Table.

When I first mentioned to my friend, Isabella Dusi in Montalcino, that I would come across in October to help plan out our fundraising campaign for Quartiere Pianello (more on this when we launch our Indigogo campaign shortly!), I never imagined that the week would evolve into the amazing and fun week that it did! First, my brother, Joey, who recently left his big corporate job to explore new horizons in the food and tech world, decided to tag along for a week of ‘relaxation’. 

Continue reading ‘Celebrity Masterchefs’ for a Day! at Our Italian Table.