Deep, delicious chocolate flavor. Pure and simple ingredients. I made some adaptations, but the credit goes to Amy Wisniewski/Chow...
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Hello and welcome to The Recipe Wench!
We are Jeff and Bridget.
I love to cook and Jeff is always looking for an excuse to take a photo.
After a brief stint in Germany, Jeff and I returned to Italy with our dog, Heidi, while our two beautiful daughters and one brand spanking new son-in-law live in the States.
As new empty-nesters, we promptly added to our family. Meet Thor! His father weighs in at 100+ pounds. Thor has been very busy growing every day!
It was a proud moment when our daughters expressed an interest in cooking (finally!) and asked me to start compiling the recipes for some of their favorite dishes.
The idea for this blog started to take shape as I was pulling those recipes together.
We hope you have as much enjoyment cooking the dishes as we do.
We’ve lived in Italy for a total of 12 years now. So many amusing tales and characters! Every day is, literally, an adventure. Buckle up and ride along with us!
And now please meet the other members of our family —

Our two beautiful daughters, Jackie and Alyssa
And son-in-law, Zach —

Alyssa and Zach
Come back and visit us soon!
After discovering this recipe, I pretty much have sworn off "boxed" brownies -- The recipe is one I adapted from...
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I am a fairly new fan of Brussels Sprouts, and I have my daughters (and Natalie!) to thank for that....
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Part of the experience of living "on the economy" in a foreign country is getting to know your landlord and...
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I adapted this Spinach Dip recipe from Amy Wisniewski/Chow's FRESH version of the well-loved dip many of us are familiar...
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