Passion for Cooking & A Strawberry Spumante Mousse
Is it just me? or does it really make sense when someone says “ I don’t know how to cook anything”..is that possible? Every day you must eat, speak, walk…
Storing Wines & Pappardelle Pasta
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati Have you ever brought home that bottle of wine from your trip to Italy or kept that special bottle of wine you received as a…
Mint Syrup..a Refreshing Memory of Spring!
copyright 2010, Art of Living, PrimaMedia,Inc, Maria Liberati Mint, another flavor of Spring and Summer…a flavor we want to remember all year round. ....that the mounds of ices, and…
Scrapbooking in the Kitchen with Fresh Strawberries
copyright 2010, Art of Living, PrimaMedia,Inc “Each season has its own wonder, it's own special place, and purpose in the pattern of creation.”…and Spring is a season of wonder, I…
Dinner, Pasta and Fellini
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati “Life is a combination of magic and pasta” a saying of the late film director Federico Fellini, and it is so true… Fellini was from Rimini…
Foods That Speak & Fresh Fruit Macedonia
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati Holidays always bring to mind the important place that food holds, not only in our stomachs but in our hearts. Everyone is drawn to the table…
Nothing But a Royal Chocolate Torta for Easter!
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati Apologies for not getting this out sooner, but I think that you still have time to make this for your Easter dinner. I have been scouring…
Spring Cleaning ..New Sink
Spring cleaning always bring to mind starting anew and one of the new things I would like to do is to add a new sink to my home kitchen. There…
Warm up with This Feta Salad
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati One of my favorite restaurants in the South of Italy-near my country house- makes this incredibly memorable, but yet so simple - salad. Everything there is …
It’s Spring… Wake Up!
Springtime is the season that mother nature begins to really yell "WAKE UP!!" She gives us lots of fresh food with plenty of vitamins, mineral salts and fiber to do…
Slow Life in an Organic Vineyard….
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati Fast life ,fast cars..turned into slow life..slow food at Fiorano vineyards and olive grove in Le Marche Italy.. Paolo was a successful dentist living…
Wake Up the Flavor with Sea Salt!
The Basic Art of Italian Cooking has always been about using basic flavors and ingredients to create delicious meals. One of those basic ingredients is sea salt. There are those…
The Top 5 Things to Be In Love With
Innamorata copyright, 2010, Maria Liberati I am in love with the sun ... it gives me warmth I am in love with the wind... it caresses me I am in…
Happy 'Day After Valentine's Day'…
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati I think we should make the 'Day after Valentine's Day' a Day to celebrate!! ... boxes of chocolates are still there to be enjoyed.. half opened bottle of …
How to Master a Local Ciambella and Visit to Medieval Monastery
Copyright 2010, Maria Liberati My visit to the medieval Abbey of Casamari in the province of Frosinone was a visit back to the medieval pharmacies where many of the medicinal…
Top 3 Ingredients for a Lasagna
My recent culinary tour in Le Marche Italy, famous for black truffles, inspired me to create this special lasagna for my appearance on the NBC morning show in Philadelphia- the !10 show.…
Lentils, Pomegranates,Grapes Bring Good Luck in the New Year
Copyright 2009, Maria Liberati A Happy New Year or Tanti Auguri (Best Wishes)! For the luckiest New Year, legend has it here, you must partake of lentils ,12 pomegranate seeds,…
Panettone or Pandoro..that is the question
Copyright 2009, Maria Liberati Yes... the Holidays are still moving along here and with one down and 3 more to go (New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and La Befana)…
Happy Holidays from the Country House (Part 2)
Copyright 2009, Maria Liberati Today here is 'Santo Stefano' Day, in Canada and England it is Boxing Day and in other parts of the World it is just the day…
A Tasty Viennese Holiday Waltz..
The Holidays always have me daydreaming about my visits to the Christmas markets in Vienna and Strasburg, in Austria. On New Year's Day I am always in Rome where we eat New Year's…
Calzone with Locally Grown Cauliflower
Copyright 2009, Art of Living, PrimaMedia, Inc, Maria Liberati I love being able to get locally-grown produce and one of my favorite places to shop is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at…
Happy Thanksgiving & A Free Book
Happy Thanksgiving! Here are some short simple tips for Thanksgiving dinner: *If possible, prepare some of your dishes or a part of a dish the night before the big meal…
Kitchen Design
Many design books wow readers with inspirational projects, but Kitchen Design for the 21st Century is far more a practical advice guide for homeowners. The book is filled with "news you…
Chocolate Tartufi and My Favorite Holiday Gift
copyright 2009, Art of Living, PrimaMedia,Inc, Maria Liberati For those of you that came to my book reading /signing at the Warren Twp Library in Warren, NJ, here is the…
A Perfect Tuscan Salad
copyright 2009, Art of Living, PrimaMedia, Inc Maria Liberati If you are planning your Holiday menus here is one for a light Holiday appetizer, it's from my latest book The…
The Italian Cookie
If ever there were an Italian dessert that works both as a gift for oneself and others, it is the pizzelle. The breakable deliciousness that comes with every bite is…
Halloween Traditions…Cauldrons, Cuisines, & Carnevale
copyright, 2009, Maria Liberati One of the most engaging holidays of the season, Halloween, has been carving out ghoulish jack-o-lanterns and the likes of trick-or-treaters for centuries.…
Sicily's Beautiful Temples
copyright 2009, Art of Living, PrimaMedia, Inc Editor: Marsha Baum Sicily, which is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, has a history dating back to the Greek and Phenician…
Christmas Around the Corner
By: Elsa Brown It’s October, and you know what that means: Halloween decorations are everywhere. But while Halloween marks the beginning of fall for some, it also marks the impending…
Much needed 'Amalfi' Therapy..
copyright, 2009, art of living, PrimaMedia, Inc; Maria Liberati Editor: Marsha Baum On a dreary, rather chilly day on the East Coast my therapy is to think about the colorful…
