This two-tiered wedding cake is beautiful in its simplicity and classic style. Use double-sided tape to attach the ribbon ends at the back of the cake and be sure to wrap the stems of the flowers with floral tape before inserting them into the cake.
Choose your favourite Italian sausages or try chorizo. You can replace the eggplant with 24 mushrooms, or make the skewers vegetarian with vegetarian sausage.
This golden rolled loaf, layered with eggs, bacon and cheese, is a star all by itself or paired with salad or soup.
Moroccan salads are like Italian antipasti: assorted dishes of spiced or sweetened raw or cooked vegetables that stimulate the appetite and refresh the palate.
This soup is reminiscent of an East Coast Jiggs dinner, or boiled dinner, which is traditionally made with salted meat, like corned beef. Enjoy a bowl with a piece of rustic bread for dipping.
This fruity topper is divine with cream cheese on crackers. Or spoon it over a round of Brie cheese and warm just until melting. – Heather Howe
Ripe, red and juicy, hothouse tomatoes don't have to wait to be kissed by the summer sun. Baking them as in this side dish only intensifies their flavour. Vidalia and Spanish onions are sweet onions.
This punch packs a punch. Keep the recipe on hand for summertime celebrations as well as throughout the winter holidays.
Dried mushrooms add so much flavour to a consomme. Porcini, morels or shiitake, now available at most grocery stores or at specialty stores or delis, are good choices.
