Maccheroni with sheep's milk ricotta and mustard greens, a dish she made up, contains those three ingredients plus garlic, olive oil and Parmesan.

With that in mind, I headed to the grocery store for fresh marjoram, sheep's milk ricotta, San Daniele prosciutto, figs, basil, tomatoes and onions.

My first version, of prosciutto, sheep's milk ricotta and marjoram with olive oil on the iron, turned out like a grease bomb.

The slick addition here is cannelloni stuffed with sheep's milk ricotta that's flecked with bits of bitter dandelion.

The managers, on the other hand, say the Ferry Building cannot survive on sheep's milk ricotta alone.

The best pasta selection by far was a raviolo filled with a poached egg, puréed greens and sheep's milk ricotta.

And you'll start your meal with the smoked sunchoke soup, a creamy sea embracing sheep's milk ricotta, golden raisins and something else, invisible but discernible.

The spongy nuggets encase honey and sheep's milk ricotta and wear a glittery coat of sugar.

By comparison, lasagnette made with chestnut pasta, goat's milk ricotta and wild mushrooms was dry and uninspired.

Mrs. Maccioni's ravioli are equally good, plump little squares of pasta filled with spinach, bitter greens and sheep's milk ricotta.