Fruit tarts and tartlets with a lemony filling and fresh summer fruits

Nectarine Tart – When a rose is not a rose

Pasta E Fagioli – Try grilling tomatoes for your next pasta with beans

Baci Di Dama – A little bite-sized cookie that’s perfect with tea or coffee

Orange Pecan Cake – perfect for teatime.

Lemon Cornmeal Cake

“Elements” restaurant in Princeton, N.J. – What’s the buzz all about?

Chocolate-covered Coconut Cream Eggs

Parmesan Almond Crackers

Torta di Grano Saraceno – plain old buckwheat transformed into a delicious cake

tozzetti – a chubby, squat version of the familiar biscotti you know and love

Chicken in Citrus Sauce, a dish fit for a vicar

An orange caramel torta from I Vallicelli that just melts in your mouth

Dinner at Le Bernardin – Eric Ripert’s temple to four-star dining in Manhattan

Chocolate biscotti – Italian comfort food cookies

A step-by-step guide to making homemade pasta.

Pepper Jelly

Caponata – A great way to use up those last eggplants of summer

Zucchini-Cheese Scones – Perfect with a salad or a glass of wine.

Steamed Halibut Wrapped in Swiss Chard Leaves