Recipes

Summer Bash alla Florentina

May 14, 2012
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What better way to celebrate summer than to throw yourself a nice little summer bash and showcase your culinary talents. Yes we all have them and summer is the best time to show them off by firing up a grill, shaking up a few cocktails to enjoy with your girls by the pool while watching [...]

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Grilled Pineapple Salsa Recipe

May 10, 2012
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Can you imagine the smell of caramelized natural sugars coming from grilling pineapple ?! Too good to be true, I’ve done it twice this week for a special salsa recipe I created for Dole and that I can’t wait to share with you on my Foodie Page. It’s easy, fast and exotic, this salsa will [...]

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Friday Night Keylime Pie Cocktail

March 30, 2012
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It’s finally Friday, Happy Hour time, in your home, by the pool or a nice bar down the street! If you’re staying in then let the master mixologist Jacopo Falleni be your inspiration with this delicious dessert Key Lime Pie cocktail! The color is pallid yellow, almost white with green reflections.  The body is big [...]

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Ricotta and Spinach Manicotti

March 25, 2012
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I posted a photo of this Ricotta and Spinach Manicotti on Facebook a while ago and finally found the recipe to share with you. As you can see I took these photos way before I knew anything about food photography or what Macro mode was. Definitely a rustic meal and rustic images to match, I [...]

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Cucina Antica Pasta Dinner at Casa Florentina

March 21, 2012
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I haven’t done many reviews lately since doing Florentina’s Favorite Things list in the Ciao Florentina Magazine, but I got to try many many wholesome food products lately and really wanted to brag about one of my favorites: Cucina Antica. Their cooking sauces are all-natural, low fat, gluten free and made with imported Italian San [...]

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Negroni The King Of The Aperitif Cocktails

March 20, 2012
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Negroni is an Italian aperitif cocktail named in honor of Count Camillo Negroni in 1919 at the Cafe Casoni in Florence. The target color for this drink is ruby red.  The nose is intense with sweet and bitter, astringent spices mixed with juniper berry, orange, and vanilla flavors…All these sensations are found in the taste [...]

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Strawberry Parfait, Favorite Quick and Easy Snacking Habits

March 12, 2012

One of the easiest and most favorite quick snacks I can think of is a Parfait. You can enjoy it for breakfast or take it to go, nutritious and refreshing, can’t think of something better. You can of course make this with any kind of berries you like, I just prefer strawberries and to make [...]

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How About A Blueberry Mojito

March 8, 2012
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Don’t you just love Spring ?! The sunshine just has a way of brightening up a day and lifting up our moods.  Looks like we are in for a beautiful weekend here in Southern California and what better time to shake up another one of Jacopo Falleni ‘s drinks.  This weeks creation, a Blueberry Mojito [...]

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Orange Braised Osso Buco Recipe

March 1, 2012
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So I finally got my hands on the photos from our February e-cookbook ” I Would Love To Meat You ” and I can share some of the recipes with you here. We cooked about 20 dishes that day and took all the photos ourselves and we were finished by noon. What can I say… Super [...]

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Refreshing Cucumber Mint Martini

February 26, 2012
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It’s Sunday and time for another refreshing drink from Jacopo.   I can’t wait until he gets back from Miami so we can shoot a whole issue about cocktails and my favorites: Martinis ! I mean who doesn’t like a Martini on a nice sunny day, right ?! And you know how cucumber and mint [...]

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