Food Processor

(PALOMBO CON PESTO TRAPANESE) Here shark and pesto are teamed up in a great entrée. Offer it with the excellent dry white wine, Nozze d'Oro from Regaleali, the star of the Sicilian wine industry.

Here's an excellent new use for maple syrup. These bar cookies are very sweet and deliciously sticky.

This old-world pastry is known in Italian as crostata della Nonna.

This sophisticated soup and salad combination makes a cozy winter lunch for friends.

A nice hors d'oeuvre teaming fresh vegetables with a simplified version of rouille, the spicy red pepper and garlic sauce that typically accompanies French fish soups.

Grating the carrots in a processor makes this one-dish meal really easy to assemble.

This Italian version of fruitcake is dense, chewy and candy-like. Wrap it in brightly colored cellophane for giving.

Nice with the chicken, as a side dish for burgers, or on its own as a snappy vegetarian main course.

Fresh raspberries and blueberries enhance both the filling and the topping of this creamy and delicious dessert. Begin preparing it a day before serving.

A lovely salad in which the citrus fruit strikes a nice balance with the fish.

A simple version of a Scandinavian fruit soup. This can also be served as a sauce over ice cream, frozen yogurt or pudding.