Welcome to my cooking blog.I have always loved to cook and bake and now I am going to share all of my knowledge and expertise with you.Feel free to try my recipes and send me a note if you have any questions.Im going to try to blog every night a new dinner recipe.The first recipe for today is Penne Rustica..an old favorite of mine and my family from Ramanos  MacarroniGrille.I also served it with my homemade french bread,and finished the meal off with New York cheesecake.The recipe for the penne is as follows..1ounce of pancetta diced,18 shrimp peeled and deveined,4 grilled chicken breasts cut up into cubes,1lb of penne cooked,1 stick of butter,1cup of heavy cream,1tsp of chopped shallot,1cup freshly grated parmisian,1 tsp paprica,sprinkle of rosemary leaves,black pepper,1cup sliced mushrooms....Saute pancetta until brown,add butter,shallot,mushroom and shrimp,cook until shrimp is pink and mushrooms are tender.Add chicken,heavy cream,parmisian and black pepper to taste.Drain cooked penne and add sauce to pasta.Grease a baking dish with butter and add pasta mixture,topping with paprika and rosemary.Bake at 350 for 25 min...serve with a sprinkling of parmisian and YUM....
FRENCH BREAD....2envelopes of active dry yeast,1tbs plus 2 tsp sugar,2cups warm water,11/2 tbs salt,5cups flour,4tbs cornmeal,iegg mixed with 1tbs water...using a mixture with a dough hook,combineyeast,sugarand water and mix for 2 min to dissolve yeast.Add the salt and the flour.With the mixer on lowmix doughuntil it starts to come together.Increase spead to med and mix till dough crawls up the dough hook(I use a kitchen aid mixer)Grease a bowl and place the dough turning it once to cover with oil and cover for 11/2 hrs in a draft free place.Remove the dough from the bowl and place on a floured board.Divide the dough into 2 equal portions,roll the dough into a long cylinder,tuck and roll any seams.Sprinkle dough with 2tbs of cornmeal.place the loaved on a baking sheet anf let rise again for 1 hr until it doubles in size.Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.With a sharp knife score the loaves diagonaly and with a pastry brush ,brush egg mixture on each loaf.Bake 45min or until bread is golden brown and crusty...

NY CHEESECAKE...Crumb crust...2cups of fine grahm cracker crumbs,1/2 cup sugar,1stick of butter melted..combine all ingredients and press into and up sides of 10inch springform pan...FILLING..3pkgs of room temp cream cheese,1cup sugar,1tsp vanilla,3 large eggs,added one at a time.Blend ingredients until smooth about 2 min,add to crumb crust and bake for 55min at 325degrees.Let cool for 1hr and then add topping of 1cup sour cream,1/4cup of sugar,1tbs vanilla and 1/8tsp salt.Let chill in fridge for 3hrs.You can top with anything you like,fruit,caramel nuts..I drizzled chocolate sauce on mine...ENJOY