Pesto (Italian pron. /'pesto/, genoese pron. /'pestu/, contracted past participle of pestâ: "to pound, to crush," in reference to the crushed herbs and garlic in it, from Latin root of pestle) is a sauce that originates in the city of Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy (pesto alla genovese).At least one other well-known variant exists, the pesto alla siciliana, a sauce from Sicily similar to the basic Genoese pesto recipe with the addition of tomato and much less basil.

The cheesy, nutty, basil-flavoured italian sauce called pesto is easy and inexpensive to make and a boon in the kitchen. Learn to make it today!

Sausage is delicious and versatile! There are many things one can do with sausage as a main dish, or as a compliment to another featured item in a main course meal. Hot or sweet sausage goes great with pasta in a meat sauce, breakfast sausage is awesome with eggs or pancakes, and chorizo is fantastic with pasta and pesto.

Pesto is a basil-based, versatile sauce that originated in northern Italy. Pesto is simple and easy to make.

Chimichurri is a marinade/sauce typically attributed to Argentinian cuisine. The recipe is flexible and can be used on anything, in my opinion.

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