June is one of the most meaningful months in the life of a chef and especially here at the Bella Sun Luci villa. It's the official beginning of the grilling season, our recipe contest deadline draws ever nearer, and we showcase the final honorable mention recipe from the 9th Annual Recipe Contest!
Chef Peters prepared an Italian Potato Salad that is quintessential for your Memorial Day barbecue or summer picnic! Creamy and sharp thanks to the red potatoes and plentiful stone ground mustard; this salad is light and nothing less than flavorful. High expectations were held for this recipe and did it impress the entire test kitchen crew!
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.
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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