by Natalina Campagnolo | Nov 5, 2018 | Cooking 101, Cooking Tips, Family Stories, Recipes
It is November and although that means the temperature is dropping in my part of the world … it also means the start of Comfort Food Season! There is something about the smell of dinner roasting in the oven that evokes memories of my childhood and the many...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Jul 31, 2017 | Cooking Tips, Ingredients, Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Uncategorized
I love Summer! Beautiful weather, more family time and the beautiful local fruits and vegetables are in full swing! I love to make my old stand by recipes but every once in a while I am introduced to a new ingredient that challenges me. This weekend my husband, the...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Jun 26, 2017 | Cookbook, Cooking Tips, Recipes, Seasonal Recipes
It is June 26th and we are 5 days into Summer of 2017. I love summer and all the beautiful, seasonal vegetables that come with it! In my part of the country, when we start seeing local asparagus popping up in the grocery stores, that is a sure sign of Summer! I...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Jun 19, 2017 | Cooking Tips, Family Stories, Ingredients, Recipes
My family’s ancestral region of Calabria is famous for the peperoncini or chili peppers! My childhood home had a large vegetable garden and my parents grew a few varieties of peppers. Once harvested my mother would dry the chili peppers on cookie sheets in the...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Mar 27, 2017 | Classes, Cooking 101, Cooking Tips, Online Cooking Classes, Recipes
Growing up in an Italian-Canadian household my mother always added semola flour to her bread and thick crust pizza doughs. It always gave the dough a lovely yellow tinge and produced wonderful results. It used to be very hard to find in North America but I am finding...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Mar 6, 2017 | Classes, Cooking Tips, Recipes
Growing up in a traditional Italian family in the 1970’s & 1980’s our special meals usually consisted of a homemade lasagna or homemade cannelloni, all from scratch…fresh pasta and sauce. This was traditionally served on Sunday, after church for...
