the shortlists

Sep 19

Sep 19 Roasted Vegetable Tart with Three Cheeses

Leanne Kilroy

Appetizers & Breads, Cheese, Main Courses, Party Food, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Apr 15

Apr 15 Rigatoni with Ricotta and Sausage

Guest User

Pasta, Cheese, Italian, Primi, Quick to Prepare, Meat

You’d think that after having posted 14 different pasta recipes – and making countless more – I’d have the whole thing down. Especially when it comes to a weekday, throw-it-together kind of pasta.

Mar 11

Mar 11 Sausage and Beef Lasagna

Leanne Kilroy

Pasta, American, Main Courses, Party Food, Meat

I’m not usually one of those people who doesn’t know what they want for dinner. Growing up, discussions about dinner used to take up the whole ride to school with my dad, who was generally in charge of the hair-brushing, English muffin-toasting morning routine.

Nov 5

Nov 5 Lamb Ragù & Herbed Ricotta

Leanne Kilroy

Winter, Pasta, Cheese, Main Courses, Meat, Condiments & Snacks

I’m going to be brief today thanks to yesterday’s 5 bottles of wine. And though I should probably not be staring into an abnormally blinding computer screen in my condition,

Aug 27

Aug 27 Zuccotto

Leanne Kilroy

Italian, Spoon Desserts, Sweets, Celebration Cakes

I know I’m getting a bit Italo-centric here, but what can I say? I cook what I know.

I didn’t know about this dessert at all until a gorgeous dinner during a trip to Italy last year. We had been invited to Francesco’s aunt’s house in the countryside near Bologna. A family affair, the kind I love: piling into the car, getting lost, arriving late and grumpy and starving. And then sitting down in a warm room with a fire and the smell of rosemary and a roast and a table full of unopened bottles.

Jul 18

Jul 18 Pasta Crudaiola

Leanne Kilroy

Summer, Italian, Primi, Vegetarian, Main Courses, Quick to Prepare

In any small town in the southern Italian region of Puglia, you’ll see groups of teenagers, grandmothers and babies, couples young and old

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