Recipes

Calamari ala Tene Shake

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You can taste the delicious Mediterranean flavors in this simple Calamari recipe. We used Grape Seed oil instead of olive oil to enjoy even more the fresh salty seafood flavor of the calamari.  Sometimes olive…

Limoncello Cocktail

Limoncello Cocktail

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A refreshing little Limoncello Cocktail which makes an equally marvelous Apéritif in Summer and in Winter. Have to tell you that last week we both independently felt a little drained of energy. Corina’s theory is…

Muscat Vinaigrette

Muscat Vinaigrette

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We are always foraging for wine friendly vinaigrette’s and when we found this Muscat Vinaigrette on the Wine & Roses Restaurant we just had to try it right away. In our recipe we used finely chopped…

Heirloom Tomato Salad

Heirloom Tomato Salad

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Our fresh and simple Heirloom Tomato Salad with Wine-Balsamic Reduction recipe becomes a fancy meal when served in a Parmesan Basket and paired with a Brunello di Montalcino. Living in Southern California these past years we are…

Parmesan Basket Recipe

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A few weeks ago we were tasting and pairing several rich and sophisticated wines from Tuscany’s Montalcino region and needed a quick but elegant idea to serve the Heirloom Tomato salad with the Brunello Reduction…

Blueberry Clafouti ingredients

Blueberry Limoncello Clafouti

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We just adore blueberries! So you can imagine our joy when we discovered a small organic fruit stand in our Farmer’s Market, filled with local sun kissed juicy blueberries. At that moment we knew that…