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All my recipes are home cooked from my kitchen on Long Island. I cook with passion and want to share my recipes with people who like to eat. Anyone can find the joy in cooking.
Cooking is not only a skill but a privilege, if I can teach you how to make one recipe you couldn't make before the yearly fees for this recipe blog with be worth it.
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How To Host: Whipped Butter Platter
a whipped butter platter, the ultimate bread and butter presentation. Whipped butter is a simple yet delicious way to elevate butter. Whipping butter gives it a light and creamy texture that is addicting to spread on butter, crackers and rolls. In this whipped butter platter I've included four different whipped butters. The whipped butter platter with: garlic and herb, lemon and basil, bacon and gouda, and honey and cinnamon sugar butter.
Sydney Marchese
Oct 81 min read


How To Host: Apple Crumb Cheesecake
One of the decadent desserts of any season in my opinion is cheesecake, and with my apple crumb cheesecake recipe, there is no better fall indulgence. In the fall, I don't like to eat apple raw, only baked and inside this apple crumb cheesecake, the apples are warm and soft. With sweet spiced apple folded into the cheesecake batter and fall flavored crumbs on top. Make this apple crumb cheesecake for the best of fall baking.
Sydney Marchese
Oct 62 min read


How To Host: Apple Cider Donut Cake
I don't want to tell you what to do in your own kitchen, but you will probably never hand cut and fry apple cider donuts. But you can make my apple cider donut cake at home, no frying necessary. My apple cider donut cake is simple, sweet and perfectly baked. The best part of this apple cider donut cake, beside the fact that you don't have to fry them, is that you don't have to buy fresh apples. For this apple cider donut cake all you'll need is apple sauce and apple cider.
Sydney Marchese
Oct 52 min read


How To Host: Pumpkin and Apple Crumb Loaf
My pumpkin and apple crumb loaf is the perfect combination of fall flavors. With a moist and perfected spiced pumpkin bread base and perfectly cook and caramelized apple crumb. Pumpkin and apple crumb loaf is the perfect fall dessert to take over a friends. The pumpkin and apple crumb loaf is simple to put together. Bother recipes apart of pumpkin and apple crumb loaf, are delicious on their own and can be used in a variety of different ways.
Sydney Marchese
Sep 282 min read


How To Host: Apple Crumb Muffins
Once it hits September, I only bake my apples. These apple crumb muffins are the epitome of fall baking. With sweet, spiced, and perfect soft muffin batter folded with fresh apples with lacy apple crumb. Apple crumb muffins, a baked apple a day keeps the doctor away. Apple Crumb Muffin Recipe.
Sydney Marchese
Sep 222 min read


How To Host: Peach and Cream Cobbler Trifle
This is my peach and cream cobbler trifle, sweet, peachy and just right. This recipe is simple to assemble. With the end of summer, I wanted to ride out peach season the right way. This peach and cream cobbler trifle, is layered with yellow cake, macerated peaches, a cream cheese whipped cream and cinnamon crumbs. Make this peach and cream cobbler trifle with the recipe below.
Sydney Marchese
Sep 152 min read


How To Host: Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swiss Roll
The perfect start to fall is here with my pumpkin cream cheese Swiss roll. a perfectly spiced pumpkin Swiss roll cake with dreamy cream cheese buttercream. Kick off fall with this perfect dessert, my pumpkin cream cheese Swiss roll.
Sydney Marchese
Sep 13 min read


How To Host: Fried Grits
My fried grits are creamy, crunchy and a perfect twist of a southern classic. Fried grits are true to the original, while making it a meal for dinner. I paired my fired grits with a fresh jalapeño aioli. Make these fried grits for dinner or an exciting appetizer. Grits, but southern style, fried grits and a tangy spicy jalapeño aioli.
Sydney Marchese
Aug 312 min read


How To Host: Churro Cheesecake
This churro cheesecake is probably one of my most popular bakes to date. My churro cheesecake has a cinnamon sugar cookie base, cinnamon spiced cheesecake batter, dole de leche, and fresh whipped cream. This churro cheesecake is creamy and decedent and genuinely does taste like a churro. Make my churro cheesecake with the ingredients below. Ingredients for Churro Cheesecake Churro Cheesecake Sugar ¼ cup White Sugar 2 tsp. Cinnamon ½ tsp. Salt Sugar Cookie Crust for Churr
Sydney Marchese
Aug 72 min read


How To Host: Pork Belly Tacos
Pork belly tacos are the ultimate indulgence and perfect for summer. My pork belly tacos are served with charred pineapple and jalapeño lime crema. These pork belly tacos are sweet and salty, the perfect balance. Make these pork belly tacos for a night by the grill. Pork belly Taco recipes is included in my July How to Host: Mexicana menu. Make these pork belly tacos today.
Sydney Marchese
Aug 62 min read


How To Host: The Best Salsa
The best salsa recipe.
Sydney Marchese
Aug 51 min read


How To Host: Shrimp Ceviche
Shrimp Ceviche is one of the freshest ways to devour fish. This shrimp ceviche recipe is apart of my July How to Host: Mexicana menu. Shrimp ceviche is classically a heatless cook, completed by acid from the lime juice. Make this shrimp ceviche for a summer evening. Shrimp ceviche the best summer appetizer.
Sydney Marchese
Aug 42 min read


How To Host: Banana Cream Tiramisu Trifle
My Banana Cream Tiramisu Trifle is perfect for banana and coffee lovers alike. This Banana Cream Tiramisu Trifle is layered with espresso infused pastry for coffee lovers. The banana cream tiramisu trifle also layers fresh banana between spiced whipped cream. Make the banana cream tiramisu trifle for the banana latte lovers in your life. This banana cream tiramisu trifle dessert is well balance, impressive to look at and best of all delicious. The banana cream tiramisu trifle
Sydney Marchese
Jul 283 min read


How To Host: Caesar Chicken Wings
Caesar chicken wings is exactly the recipe we need this summer. Crispy Caesar chicken wings from the grill, covered in delicious garlicky Caesar dressing. These wings are best for summer and perfect for the link between Caesar salad and the classic bar food chicken. Caesar chicken wings are quick and easy to throw together. Make these Caesar chicken wings.
Sydney Marchese
Jul 212 min read


How To Host: Chocolate Cream Pie
This chocolate cream pie is a classic americana dessert. It combines creamy and decedent chocolate custard with a fresh whipped cream on top. The chocolate cream pie is a well balanced and sweet dessert that will make any father or family member happy. Make this chocolate cream pie for a barbecue or a special occasion. Either way, the chocolate cream pie is sure not to leave any leftovers, as it's too good not to eat the whole dish. The full recipe for my chocolate cream pie
Sydney Marchese
Jul 173 min read


How To Host: Charred Chive Chimichurri
The charred chive chimichurri is perfect for summer and grilling season, with fresh grilled chives, onion and jalapeño to give it a spicy kick. The grill give the charred chimichurri a new edge of heat that will surprise your dinner party. The charred chive chimichurri sauce comes together quickly, with fresh herbs and garlic. Make the charred chive chimichurri sauce to enhance any grilled dinner, perfect for meat, fish and vegetables.
Sydney Marchese
Jul 152 min read


How To Host: Fire Roasted Tomato Dip
The perfect summer appetizer, my grill fired roasted tomato dip is fresh, smoky and the perfect bite for a backyard barbecue. Grilled Bread, Fire Roasted Tomatoes, and Whipped Spiced Ricotta. Summer appetizers made on the grill.
Sydney Marchese
Jul 102 min read


How to Host: Cream of Spinach Soup Recipe
Cream of spinach may not be the most exciting dish, but its comforting and simple which makes this recipe all the more wonderful. My Cream of Spinach Soup is hearty, healthy, and perfect for a cozy night in. If you make this Cream of Spinach Soup Recipe for your family, you don't have to tell the kids the name.
My Cream of Spinach Soup Recipe is a delicious vegetarian soup that can be made in 30 minutes. This soup is flavorful and vegetable forward and can turn any creamed
Sydney Marchese
Feb 174 min read


How to Host: Gourmet Pigs in a Blanket
A new twist on a nostalgic recipe, Gourmet Pigs in a Blanket. Appetizer Recipe, Pigs in a Blanket, Super Bowl Party, Easy Appetizer Recipes With crispy puff pasty, crunchy everything but the bagel seasoning, this Gourmet Pigs in a Blanket recipe is delicious. Pigs in a Blanket is a nostalgic appetizer known for being easy, but never sophisticated. My recipe makes it both, buttery soft and perfectly spiced pigs in a blanket. The perfect appetizer recipe for the Super Bowl. P
Sydney Marchese
Jan 294 min read


Pumpkin Spiced Hummus
My pumpkin spiced hummus recipe is bursting with savory fall flavors. With pumpkin puree and roasted chickpeas this pumpkin spiced humus perfectly balances savory and sweet flavors seamlessly. The recipe comes together in minutes so it can be devoured in seconds. This pumpkin spiced hummus combines classic pumpkin spiced flavors with rich garlicky hummus. Make this pumpkin spiced hummus for a cozy night in with friends for the perfect appetizer.
Sydney Marchese
Sep 16, 20252 min read
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