Easy Sourdough Bread

This is a simple, easy, low fuss recipe for making consistently great sourdough bread.

Pasta With Garlic and Oil (Aglio E Olio)

A delicious pasta recipe that can be used as a side dish or an entre.

Old Forge White Pizza

Delicious pizza made in the style of Old Forge White Pizza.

Crispy Italian Bread

Home made Italian Bread!

Chicken, Broccoli and Sun Dried Tomatoes with Bow-Ties

This was something we had often growing up.  It was always a family favorite.

Bacon Roll-ups

Quick and tasty appetizer that can be made in advance – frozen – removed from freezer and baked.

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New York Style Pizza Sauce

This is the recipe that we use to make the sauce used on our New York Style Pizza.   It is a cooked sauce that has great flavor and works really well on our pizzas.  We doubled the original recipe so that we can use an entire 28oz can of whole peeled tomatoes.  I make...

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Grilled Pork Chops

Grilled Pork Chops

A properly seasoned and cooked pork chop is right up there near the top of my list of things I LOVE to eat. After years of fumbling around getting it wrong, I’ve been working on making the perfect pork chop. I may not be 100% there yet but I’m close! It starts with a...

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Neapolitan Style Pizza Dough – 64% Hydration

Neapolitan Style Pizza Dough – 64% Hydration

This is Vito Lacopelli's pizza dough recipe using a home made poolish (pre-fermented dough). There are a few things you should be aware of when making this dough. First, the dough will take two days to make so you need to have that in mind when you are planning. You...

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Sausage, Peppers and Onions

Sausage, Peppers and Onions

This is originally a Giada DeLaurentis recipe. We have been making it for years with a few tweaks, and serve it over pasta or rice.  It is an Italian classic that takes less then an hour to make. Here is a link to Giada’s original recipe on the Food Network...

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