Linguine ai Frutti di Mare

To make sure each type of seafood in our “fruit of the sea” pasta is perfectly cooked, we add them to the pot in stages.

Orange Polenta Cake

Toasted polenta delivers deep corn flavor to this rustic upside-down cake featuring sweet, caramelized oranges. Orange Polenta Cake SERVES 12 WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS A

Baklava

Slicing baklava all the way through before baking allows the pastry to soak up more of the flavorful sugar syrup. Baklava MAKES 32 to 40

Lemon-Anise Biscotti

For biscotti that are crisp but not too hard, we use whole eggs as the only source of fat in our recipe. Lemon-Anise Biscotti MAKES

Individual Fresh Berry Gratins

For perfect Italian zabaglione , we use dry white wine instead of sweet and fold in whipped cream for structure. Individual Fresh Berry Gratins SERVES

Apricot Spoon Sweets

A syrup made from water, sugar, and honey turns fresh apricot wedges into a traditional Greek sweet. Apricot Spoon Sweets MAKES 4 cups WHY THIS