Italian Cuisine Seafood Soups Stews Tuscan Fish Stew – Just Like I Barely Remember Having in Italy I spent a few days in Florence about 30 years ago, and while I don’t remember much, I do recall a few things that surprised me, with this Tu... Edit
Italian Cuisine Pasta Fresh Spinach Pasta – Easy to Do, Occasionally It’s very easy, and inexpensive to buy pasta at the store, which is why people do it so often, maybe too often, but every once in a while, w... Edit
Italian Cuisine Pork Homemade Italian Sausage – I Was the Uncle Bill of My Slow Casing Fill The last time I remember making sausage was with my Uncle Billy many years ago, who was doing his famous dried Italian sausage for Christmas... Edit
Dessert Fruit Italian Cuisine Strawberry Semifreddo – Semi-Amazing I used to tell my students to never try making classic desserts “healthier,” since your guests will always compare it to the unhealthy, and ... Edit
Cheese Italian Cuisine Pasta Sauces Creamy Ricotta Pasta Sauce – Now 100% Cream-Free! I enjoy the taste and texture of a classic cream sauce, but what I don’t enjoy is that they tend to be very rich, and filling. I mean, come ... Edit
Chocolate Dessert Italian Cuisine Nipples of Venus (Capezzoli di Venere) - Keeping Abreast of the Latest in Valentine’s Day Confections I don’t remember much about the movie, Amadeus, which isn’t surprising, since I don’t remember that much about the early eighties in genera... Edit
Italian Cuisine Pizza Sauces Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, or “Pizza” As We Call It In New York The biggest problem with Chicago-style deep dish pizza, especially for a New Yorker, is that it’s called “pizza.” I’m not sure what else it ... Edit
Breads Italian Cuisine Panettone (Italian Christmas Bread) – Hard to Make, Or At Least That’s What We’re Telling People I’ve never tried to make panettone before, mostly because of how notoriously difficult it is to make, or so I was told. Turns out that wasn’... Edit
Beef Italian Cuisine Spicy Peposo dell'Impruneta - Making Bad Beef Better Since Before Columbus Some recipes have amusing, or romantic stories for how they came to be, but this peposo isn’t one of them, unless you consider making bad qu... Edit
Italian Cuisine Pork Pork Saltimbocca – Jumps in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands You have to give it to the Italians when it comes to naming recipes, and this pork saltimbocca is a perfect example. By now, you’ve probably... Edit
Italian Cuisine Pasta Sauces Rigatoni al Segreto – Dinner and a Movie This Rigatoni al Segreto recipe was the most closely guarded secret at Gino’s, one of New York City’s most famous Italian restaurants. It w... Edit