This perfect springtime cake submitted by Lauren Williams brings about sweet smells of fresh lemon and fennel to the kitchen.
This hearty, Nonna-style, stick to your ribs recipe, submitted to our recipe contest by Michael Watz, is the definition of comfort food. Congrats chef Michael, you win a deluxe gift box of Bella Sun Luci products!
Happy February! Football, food and romance...the first hints of springtime...fill this month!
For all you lovers of hearty, tomatoey and international comfort food, this month's honorable mention recipe submitted to last year's contest by Emily Hobbs hits the bullseye of all of those targets.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Bella Sun Luci food world, Have I got a dish for you. So simple you really will be the chef when you cook this, it’s elegant and rich, and…festive!
Chefs, cooks, gourmands, gourmets and foodies of all ages, Now that fall has realllyyy fallen and fall color is in full ‘bloom’, it’s high time we stepped up our game for the holidays.
Hello Bella Sun Luci fans and home chefs! It’s Chef Richie here wishing you a Happy Autumn! It’s a super creative and festive time of year for cooking up a storm! Congratulations to John Klopfer! John, who submitted this recipe for his delicious Acorn Squash Royal to our annual contest has won a Bella Sun Luci deluxe gift box full of our premium products as October’s Honorable Mention!
This is the last Honorable Mention recipe I'm cooking for this year's contest. The next contest's deadline is July 1st so if you're reading this after 7/1/20, I'm afraid you'll have to wait until 2021 for us to consider your recipe.
This amazing dish, submitted to last year's Bella Sun Luci recipe contest by Mark Engelhart, is a masterpiece.
Belli amici! Cooks and chefs! Food lovers! Here comes more springtime fun! Divertimento della primavera! This recipe is truly a winner. Flavor, texture, visual, professional technique and originality. In fact, I’ve come up for a new name for it…it’s a spinach and sun dried tomato ROUXFFLE! The ingredients for a soufflé go into a roux, it puffs up in the oven and comes out beautiful.
Belli amici! Cooks and chefs! Food lovers! Here comes springtime! La Primavera! For your celebratory Easter/spring feast and because uncomfortable times require comfort food, here is a recipe that, ideally, uses spring chicken (wink!).
Belli amici! Cooks and chefs! Food lovers! Love is in the air! And Chef Richie says, the way to everyone’s heart is through their tastebuds! So we chose this romantic recipe for February’s Bella Sun Luci recipe contest honorable mention, Southwest Shrimp by home chef Sharyn LaPointe Hill.
Felice anno nuovo! Happy New Year! Another year to learn and cook wonderful recipes from around Italy, the USA, and the world. In a way, this month's honorable mention recipe from the Bella Sun Luci recipe contest, Sun Dried Tomato Crab Cakes by chef Roma Campanaro, covers all of that. Chef Richie says: Think global, cook local. And...seasonal.
Tis the season for comfort food…long-cook braises that warm up the house and remind us, especially if she isn’t with us, of grandma. I’ve always aspired to cook like all of the grandmas who have taught me over the 30+ years I’ve cooked. This month’s Bella Sun Luci recipe contest honorable mention winner from chef Gina Bravo is, Chef Richie Says, a tribute to the Northern Italian “nonna”. Nice work chef!
October means a lot of things to me and my kitchen. It’s the end of tomatoes and their summer brothers and sisters. The harvest moon and the cornucopia. Autumn squashes, Halloween, the Great Pumpkin and root vegetables are coming in. And autumn has inspired me to choose Toni Sevenhouse’s Bruschetta Vegetti as this month’s honorable mention recipe. Congratulations chef Toni, you win a Bella Sun Luci gift box full of our products! And, as you can see, we’ve immortalized your recipe through the magic of video.
As corporate chef for Bella Sun Luci, Richard "Chef Richie" Hirshen, whose culinary career spans more than 30 years, plays an instrumental role in product development, recipe creation, and cooking demonstrations.
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