Notes about Recipes in this book

• Harissa-braised cauliflower and chickpeas

  • Logan92995 on April 12, 2025

    Delicious and easy to make!

• The original spaghetti and meatballs (Pasta alla chitarra con pallottine)

  • Crazy4cookbooks on April 19, 2026

    This is a delightful recipe. I think kids would like it because of the mini meatballs, but it’s got enough depth of flavor for adults. I followed the recipe as written, except I used 1 pound ground pork instead of the meat mix, and it was perfect. The nutmeg adds a very nice flavor to the meatballs, which were tender and surprisingly tasty. I also used bronze cut bucatini. Probably not a weeknight dinner, but not terribly time consuming for a weekend.

• Yellow blender cake

  • Partyof7 on March 17, 2026

    Beautiful crumb, tender and sturdy rounds. Delicious flavor with chocolate frosting. Recommend 8 inch pans for the appropriate height. Wrapped the pans with Cake Strips to prevent doming, and the cake came up to the top of the pan.

• Invisible apple cake (Gâteau invisible)

  • Partyof7 on April 06, 2026

    This was so delicious. I didn’t make the whipped cream bc my guest brought ice cream, but the cake and caramel sauce are dreamy. It gets very dark in the oven, so I put a piece of foil on top and took it out at about 70 minutes. I wouldn’t say the apples gave NO resistance to the skewer, but when cooled the texture was soft and perfect. IMO the cake alone would be a bit boring, but with the caramel sauce it sings!

• Caramel sauce with allspice

  • Partyof7 on April 06, 2026

    So good. The bourbon and spice gives it indescribable depth. Perfect accompaniment to the apple cake on the same page, but would also be good anywhere.