In our new video recipe installment, Lisa Dahl shows us the ins and outs of making an easy delicious recipe for a robust sauce she calls Portobello Paradiso Sauce.Lisa calls this mushroom and veggie bolognese sauce “healthy, wonderful and easy to make”. It has full flavors and a deep rustic color for all you sauce [...]
Anti-pasti spotlight – Affinato
Today we look at Affinato, one of my favorite anti-pasti offerings at Dahl & Di Luca, our award-winning restaurant and Sedona Arizona attraction. The word ‘affinato’ refers to the traditional balsamic, which matures according to an ancient system in which the liquid is transferred through a series of smaller barrels crafted of various kinds of [...]
A Great Holiday Dinner Recipe – Delicious Spinach-Lemon Pesto Soup
I love to make soups. As I wrote in my cookbook The Elixir of Life, I look at making soups as a way to transcend the occasional kitchen chaos into an experience of tranquility. Some have said I make the best soups in Sedona, so I guess something’s working out alright.Here’s a great dinner recipe [...]
Lisa Dahl Demonstrates How to Make Two Easy Delicious Crostini Recipes
Chef & restaurateur Lisa Dahl demonstrates how easy it can be to make two beautiful, easy delicious recipes for crostini toppings that you can serve at your next cocktail party, dinner party or perhaps even an upcoming holiday gathering. These simple yet delightful recipes can be found in Lisa’s top rated cookbook The Elixir of [...]
Tasting the Latest Delicious Dinner Creations
One of the joys of working with Lisa at LivingDahl.com is the opportunity to see what kind of easy delicious dinner recipes she’s dreamed up that week in the kitchen! Naturally, as part of her inner circle, we get to be guinea pigs in the taste-testing department. Well, someone’s got to do it… Here’s a [...]


