This brilliant change of season brings with it an array of different foods. These provisions of nature are as awe-inspiring and varied as the daily changing kaleidoscope of autumn’s leaves.
Take a journey back in time with chef Franco. Fort Omaha went through many transitions, but the leap it took to become a highly acclaimed culinary school was the most remarkable and educational change of all.
Follow chef Franco Lania to beautiful Greece! Imagine, a visit to a farmers’ market being the gateway to a flash of clarity full of insightful warmth of a very revivifying nature. Read on!
Join chef Franco as he ventures to Riverhead, New York to the North Quarter Bison Farm. Learn about the great resurgence that has taken place for the largest of all land animals in North American. Ironically, the consumption of bison is what has helped this species greatly increase it’s numbers.
Summertime is a great time to create culinary memories with children. Please enjoy this fun and delightful article by Franco Lania for The Huffington Post, Cooking With Children. Happy Cooking!
Check out chef Franco Lania’s Fourth of July article on The Huffington Post. Make sure you read to the end to receive an explosive yet easy to make recipe.
Inspirational Cooking is the act of motivating yourself and others to get up and moving again after going through moments of hardships. The main idea is to focus on the fundamental elements of cooking. This can enliven one’s mind, body, spirit and get the feeling good again.
“Inspirational Cooking” is a therapeutic concept that Franco Lania shares in this post. To use the act of cooking to inspire others to get up and moving again once they are faced with hardships that have caused them to loose their “zest” for life. The act of cooking with this kind of conscious awareness can be just as powerful and healing to some as is the act of eating nutritionally balanced foods.
The one, the only, Italian Easter Pie, “pizza rustica” also known as Easter “meat pie.” This is a time-honored celebratory Easter dish in Italian culture and has extended to non-Italians alike. This pie is absolutely delicious, filled with some the best of Italian cheeses and meats. What a wonderful way to break the 40 day Christian fast of “Lent” that takes place prior to Easter Sunday and to begin the celebrations of the powerful message of Easter and the rebirth of springtime in nature.