From Micol and Dino

With the holidays right around the corner, we wanted to post new recipes for entertaining and feasting. Simple to make yet delicious and elegant, the three new video recipes on the membership site are sure to become holiday favorites in your home.

Our Best Chocolate Biscotti & More!

When you cook for a crowd, it's important to select recipes that are easy to scale up and that lend themselves to advance preparation. This month's new recipes all fit that bill.
First up: whole wheat potato gnocchi in a basil-scented tomato sauce. The gnocchi can be made hours ahead and refrigerated, or even frozen if desired (just don't thaw them before boiling). The tomato sauce takes minutes of work and reheats perfectly. If you don't love whole wheat, just use all-purpose flour instead. 
Ligurian-style chicken braised with artichokes and olives is a great main course for a crowd; you can add a few diced Yukon potatoes to the simmering sauce for a heartier dish, or swap mushrooms for the artichokes. The chicken marinates for a day (longer is fine too) in the refrigerator, and the sauce can be made a few days ahead; just sear the chicken 1 hour before serving, warm the sauce, and drop the seared chicken into the sauce to finish cooking before the big meal.
Our favorite chocolate and hazelnut biscotti are the ideal holiday cookie. Rich but not too sweet, they can be baked days ahead and wrapped in plastic. Hold the baked logs at room temperature and don't slice them until you're ready to serve the biscotti so they stay extra moist.
If you try these recipes for your holiday table, please let us know. We'd love to know what you made and how you liked it!

Last Chance to  Renew and Save 50%!

Many of you have renewed your membership in the past few weeks - a BIG THANK YOU and we are looking forward to sharing more recipes with you in 2022! And if your membership is set to expire on December 31st and you want to continue to access our site material into 2022, be sure to renew your membership before year's end...This is a great time because we are running a 2 for 1 promotion: renew now, and you'll receive a second membership for free to give to friend or family member, making each yearly membership just $60!

Before the end of December we'll post a pair of recipes that make use of extra egg whites (we always have too many on hand after all our holiday baking!): a gnocchi puff (fantastic way to repurpose gnocchi) and my mom's almond chocolate cake (completely gluten free by the way!).

Next month we'll be posting the recipe for our roasted squash risotto (so good on a cold night) and a heavenly vanilla custard that takes minutes of work and delivers big on flavor. Also coming up: pan-seared asparagus with lemon zest, pasta carbonara, and fish baked in parchment paper.

If you want to gift more than one membership to a friend or family member please contact us by email - we will make additional memberships for $60 each available to you!

We hope you'll continue to be a part of our online cooking community and we look forward to hearing which recipes you've tried from the site.

Happy Holidays and a Safe and Healthy 2022!

We wish you all a happy and safe holiday season and all the best in the coming year: good health, serenity, and delicious food.
Micol & Dino