Pollo Oreganata (Chicken and Vegetables Roasted with Oregano)
A zesty dish from Campania that you can have on the table in about an hour.
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Carciofi alla Romana (Roman Style Artichokes)
Italians love their artichokes and Romans know how to treat them. A text and video recipe from Rome’s Jewish ghetto.
Easter Pies: Pizza Rustica & Pastiera Napoletana
Serve the pizza rustica as part of the antipasti course and the Pastiera as your dolce (dessert). But only on Easter!
Zeppole di San Giuseppe
Zeppole di San Giuseppe should only be made on St. Joseph’s feast day, March 19, also Father’s Day in Italia.
Fresh Pasta: Ricotta Ravioli in a San Marzano Sauce
This pasta can be used for lasagna, ravioli, tortelloni and other stuffed pastas, and the sauce is delicious.
Cotechino: Traditional New Year’s Dish
Today, I’m making a traditional New Year’s dish, cotechino (a spicy fat boiled sausage from Italia) served over lentils. If you can’t get a cotechino you can use any Italian sausage. To poor southern Italians the lentils symbolized all the coins they hoped to amass …
Recipe: Mostarda di Sedano (Celery Chutney)
Preserved vegetables are a staple in the Italian pantry. This celery relish or chutney is a great accompaniment to salumi and cheeses either on their own or as part of an antipasti. The little cubes of celery glisten like tiny emeralds and its sweet-sour flavor …
Scranton, PA Does North Beach Italian
I’ll do The Scranton Times Tribune a huge favor and refrain from telling any Dunder Mifflin jokes in this post. It’s the least I can do, since this article they ran explains how the fabulous one-pot alternative to the traditional Christmas Eve 7-fish meal that …
Village Holiday with Gianni
I’m organizing my first live cooking event, and it’s pretty special. It’s by limited RSVP, so if you’re gonna be in San Francisco on Saturday, December 18th, get your request into us early. Here’s the event page. Buy Best Cisco 300-085 Practice Test CCNP Collaboration …
Sunday Gravy
Hand-crushed tomatoes, and meats galore. The traditional, long-cooked pasta sauce from Campania.
Menu: Italian-American Thanksgiving Dinner
Updated for 2011: Turkey, stuffing and gravy recipe. I’m first generation Italian-American. Most of my friends were second generation and were more Americanized than my family. In my early years we celebrated this American holiday Thanksgiving but the meal was really Italian. As my …
Linguine with Dungeness Crab in a Spicy Tomato Sauce
Photo by Miles Grant I was in NYC when Dungeness crab season opened last week, and couldn’t get them out of my mind. The reports were that the harvest was bountiful and the crab were big and meaty. I couldn’t wait to get back home. …
Porchetta, Cipollini en Agrodolce, Truffle Roasted Potatoes
A fresh herb and garlic stuffing, crispy crust from a hot oven… Heaven!
The Great Tuscan Bread Debate
Every time I’m in Tuscany somebody complains about Tuscan bread. It’s made without salt.