Alley's Recipe Book

Lola and Giuseppe's is one of those hidden gems of a restaurant find... literally hidden!  I have been driving by it for years and...

If you live in Ohio, you have probably heard of Melt Bar & Grilled .  Even if you don't live in Ohio, you may have heard about t...

When people found out we were going to Europe, and more specifically going to Italy... almost everyone said that we were going to love t...

If you have a vegetable garden, chance are you are swimming in zucchini right now!  Ours are coming in spurts... I don't notice any ...

My husband and I both accepted new jobs back in December.  His requires him to be at work early (and also home early) and mine some time...

Seems like every night this week I've been rushing to get dinner on the table before 9:00!  Whether it's work, after work activi...

I can't remember what I first saw Jamie Oliver in, but I became a pretty big fan of his after watching Food Revolution  where he trie...

Several years ago, we went to Fisherman's Wharf for dinner (I think it may have been my birthday, I can't remember).  What I do...

Just like the Dark Knight movies, sometimes classics need a reboot to make them cool again.  Lasagna is a classic dinner in my family fo...

We ate quite a bit of seafood last week while we were in the Seattle area... salmon, Dungeness crab, black cod, mussels, and more.  Al...

Zucchini season is winding down, so maybe you're working with a bumper crop or just noticed that zucchini under all of those leaves...

It is eggplant season... and if you're like me, eggplant is one of those vegetables that you don't use often.  There aren...

The first time I gave up meat for Lent, I thought it was going to be difficult to find enough recipes to keep from getting bored.  That...

Beets... some people love them, some people hate them.  I guess I'm not really on either side.  Although I do not  like beets from a...

For those of you that think bacon makes everything better... here is a dish for you!  I have never been that into bacon.  I mean, it is ...

I have developed a Nat Geo addiction over the past week or so.  Last weekend I watched too many hours of The 80s: The Decade That Made U...

My husband thinks that the reason Mexican restaurants are able to get you your food so quickly is because everything on the menu is a va...

One of the less fun things about cooking a lot at home is the mess that needs to be cleaned up afterward.  It doesn't matter how sim...

There is this place called Sarefino's at North Market in Columbus that serves up the best strombolis I've ever had.  So delicio...

I feel like I say this all the time, but I just tried gnocchi for the first time two years ago.  Just like pretty much every other recipe...