Anna Maria’s Original Recipes

I love experimenting with favors and ingredients to create inspiring dishes and I rarely make the same dish twice.

I love Ropa Vieja. But I just never seem to have time to plan ahead for it or for all of the steps of making broth and sauce and meat separately.

When I was a kid I did not have much of a sweet tooth so my mother used to make me Crostatas, Italian jam tarts, for desert.

When I was a kid I did not have much of a sweet tooth so my mother used to make me Crostatas, Italian jam tarts, for desert.

When I was a kid I did not have much of a sweet tooth so my mother used to make me Crostatas, Italian jam tarts, for desert.

I love the health benefits of all bitter greens, but I rarely have time to slow braise them to bring out the sweetness.

The cool weather hits and I seek out hearty flavors, so sausage and peppers with the aromatic sage of Pinerolo Tomato hits the mark.

A favorite snack for me is Radicchio Marmalade with St. Stephen cheese on a gluten free cracker.