All it takes for a dinner of Bucatini Mock Amatriciana is a bowl of onions, crushed tomatoes, salt, peperoncino flakes, bucatini (thick spaghetti), grated pecorino, Lidia’s Italy cookbook and a little time. If there’s anything more beautiful… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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Inspired by last evening’s conversation with Lidia Bastianich and the two new cookbooks autographed “To Anita and D….Enjoy! Lidia” I decided to select a couple of her recipes for this evening’s dinner. I didn’t make it past page 12 in Lidia… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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What. A. Great. Evening. Tonight our Rakestraw, our local independent bookstore hosted an incredible evening that brought together chefs Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Joey Altman. While known nationally Joey is best known in the Bay area for… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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