As the end of summer approaches the basil goes wild in most of the U.S. If you’re growing your own, you will have more than you easily use. If you’re buying at the local farm stand, you’ll find it for… Read More ›
Classic Italian Dishes
Spaghetti Carbonara – An Italo-American Classic
Sometimes you get an urge for a dish and you have to get up, go to the refrigerator and start grabbing the ingredients. Spaghetti Carbonara is just such a dish. Luckily, it is easy to make and you usually have… Read More ›
Cooking and Wooing – Risotto with Black Truffles
This is my favorite romantic recipe in the whole world, and it is relatively simple. If this dish doesn’t do the trick, either that special person has lost all taste buds and olfactory senses, or you have made a colossal… Read More ›
Calamari At Home
You can now get frozen packages of calamari, already cut and ready to cook. Over cocktails, a slightly goofy friend of mine (shown above) and I started experimenting to come up with a calamari dish that is similar to what… Read More ›
David’s Lemon Caper Veal Piccata
Bravado Difficulty: 5.5/10 Prep Time: 30 minutes David is an aspiring Bravado chef. In a reflective moment over cocktails (I think vodka was involved), he said he dreamed of making Veal Piccata, one of his favorite dishes, but knew… Read More ›
Bravado Cooking 