Its' all the food you want to make, eat and enjoy! A bunch of recipes that I felt like cooking and my boyfriend felt like eating.

Just use this recipe as a general framework and sub in you have.

A simple butterflied chicken, roasted, but done outside on the grill.

A super simple recipie with some sweet hami melon and fried halloumi cheese topped with basil, chives and finsihed with a drizzle of olive oil.

My spin on one of the best dishes I had at Le Potazzine in Montalcino this past summer, a delicious short rib ragu with freshly made pinci pasta.

I love this crispy sesame cabbage salad when it's hot out.

Every meal in Crete included lots of olive oil, super rich local yogurt and a must for every meal were the boiled greens, or χόρτα (horta).

Poached pears are a notoriously simple dessert to make, no fancy skills to master, just slowly cooking some pears in a sweet rosé bath.

Fresh shrimp with tons of bright lemon juice and plenty of cold white wine.

Super easy to make, with equal parts Campari, Gin and Sweet Vermouth, the Negroni is a classic cocktail for a reason, it's delish.

These sweet and spicy crispy chic peas are the prefect snack to go along with a few drinks, in our case coktails on a Friday evening!

One of the great life lessons I've slowly learned over the years is that if you want great soup, you gotta start with great stock.

Dakos are nutty, salty and refreshing, the perfect thing to eat on a dry, hot day in Crete, but I’ll settle for some on a grey, humid day in Philly.

A simple salad with grilled peaches, fresh mozzarella and home grown pea shoots.

This cauliflower soup is super satisfying and simple to make.