Italian

An alternative to baking or frying, cooking the fish in a little water results in a tender, flaky fish along with a tasty broth. Plate in shallow bowls or rimmed ...

Crostini are toasted slices of a finely textured bread loaf, usually a baguette. Bruschetta is also toasted, but ...

A couple bought an Italian townhouse at an auction with a starting bid of one euro (US$1.10) and ...

If I had to choose a favorite comfort food, I would nominate the meatball. Every cuisine seems to ...

Don't underestimate the open-faced sandwich. As simple as they may sound, these topless sandwiches are often a refreshing ...

The name translates to "spring pasta" from Italian, so forgive me for assuming that pasta primavera was a ...

Think of pasta carbonara as the Italian version of chicken soup. It's humble and comforting and requires the ...

Pasta puttanesca is a southern Italian dish that hails from Naples in the Campania region. Puttanesca refers to ...

Tortellini with cream and prosciutto, bow-tie pasta with crab meat, pennette with vodka and salmon, beef filet with ...

To make this pesto, all you need is a bunch of arugula, some excellent extra virgin olive oil ...

This is the beginning of the spring season for fresh artichokes. Don't worry if they are a little ...

It always strikes me as a bit of a marvel that in the deepest and darkest days of ...

Minestrone is an Italian word that describes a soup made with a selection of diced seasonal vegetables, all ...

The one seasoning blend I reach for every week is a mixture of my favorite dried herbs. A ...

Bright, creamy, and flavorful, this lemon risotto is all about showing off the citrus. Risotto takes a bit ...

I am a Tuscan born and bred country girl, from a family of people who love traditional food. ...

Mostaccioli are dense, dark, nutty cookies shaped like diamonds and covered with a chocolate glaze. The key ingredient ...

Among Siena’s most traditional Christmas cookies, cavallucci are not elegant or photogenic, lacking the bright colors, icing, and ...

Along with cavallucci, calzoncelli are another fixture of our Christmas at home. They originate in Melfi, a southern ...

Pasta alla Norma is a classic and timeless Italian dish, hailing from the Sicilian city of Catania. It ...

I first tasted biscotti long ago, when I was a cookie-loving child. I wondered how anyone could like ...

Panzanella, the summer Tuscan bread salad, is a blank canvas that exalts the freshest seasonal flavors: juicy, ripe ...

If there's a favorite way to taste the olio nuovo in Tuscany, it has to be these Tuscan ...

Two tag-teaming, game-changing ingredients transform this unassuming potato and cabbage soup into a vibrant concoction. Looking at the ...

“Olio nuovo e vino vecchio.” New oil and old wine. This saying pretty much sums up the Italian ...

If you're looking for a pasta dish that's comforting and easy to make, look no further. This features ...

A talented 15-year-old with a never-give-up attitude and passion for music hasn’t let a rare muscle disease and ...