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"This I've been making for years and it 's never ever the same. This year I used balsamic vinegar and sundried tomatoes which brings the basic caponata up to date with our changing tastes. This if your are not familiar with this appetizer (relish) dip or spread it 's salty, sweet, tangy has lots of texture from celery, eggplant,onions, garlic,..."

Ingredients: eggplants, diced tomatoes...

"This wonderful homemade pasta sauce will make your whole house smell like your favorite Italian restaurant or like an Italian Mama's kitchen. Wonderful over the pasta of your choice or in any recipe that calls for pasta sauce. Lovingly created for RSC 9"

Ingredients: green peppers, italian seasoning...

"Polenta with anything is wonderful! This is from Cooking Light, October 2005."

Ingredients: italian seasoning, marinara sauce...

"Wonderful easy recipe with a twist on spaghetti. You can make this ahead of time and bake when you get home, and I have had success freezing and baking later."

Ingredients: eggs, mozzarella cheese...

"A cross between a cookie and a candy wonderfully flavored with chocolate, coffee and almond."

Ingredients: hot water, instant coffee...

"Really a conserve being it has nuts and pieces of fruit. This sweet yummy conserve has a hints of lavender and ginger. Great for filling cookies or as a spread. If you can't get lavender it still will be great. You can use flavered sugars or just the good old stand by white sugar! No pectin here for it jells up nicely without it."

Ingredients: fresh lavender blossoms, pine nuts...

"Italian giardiniera is also called "sotto aceti", which means "under vinegar", a common term for pickled foods. It is typically eaten as an antipasto or with salads. Milder varieties of giardiniera are used for the olive salad in the Muffuletta sandwich. Try on you next sub-type sandwich for a change of pace. Recipe by Donald..."

Ingredients: pimento-stuffed green olives, olive oil...

"I have tried many different sauce recipes and not one recipe has everything I was wanting in a spaghetti sauce. So I took everything I liked from each recipe and called it my own."

Ingredients: mushroom stems and pieces, dried sweet basil leaves...

"If you want that zing, try this over ice cream, sponge cake, cooked roast pork. You may thicken the juice for the sauce. It is so good! I had fun making this recipe, so easy. If you can't get dark red Bing cherries substitute other cherries."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, lemon juice...

"The figs can be placed in the food processor to crush by pulsing till mushy with some chunks. Using a candy Thermometer will help knowing the setting point, which is at 220 degrees. This has an optional Grand Marnier for a little extra treat."

Ingredients: bottled lemon juice, Grand Marnier...

"The amounts are approximate. Be prepared to add more of everything.
They is actually very little preparation to do - it's mostly waiting so don't be put off by the times. The hardest part of the preparation is sterilising the jars."

Ingredients: eggplants, extra virgin olive oil...

"How about a little "TWIST IN THE SOBRIETY" !"

Ingredients: Maggi 2-minute noodles, garlic...

"This is the recipe I have used as a launching pad, so to speak, which is originally Barbara Piatoni's recipe."

Ingredients: cream cheese, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"An easy "to go" bread - bake it before you leave town or mix dry ingredients, saute onions and mushrooms and grate the cheese in advance, then bake the loaf on-site. Found this on an Italian Cooking Site on the net."

Ingredients: cooking spray, margarine...