Despite this recipe's name, don't expect a traditional pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella. This classic regional dish, ...

Radicchio tardivo, with its slender, creamy white stalks and curly, flaming purple leaves, is the most spectacular specimen ...

The holidays have come and gone, as have the rich, stodgy foods of the season. When you’re surrounded ...

Cime di rapa, turnip greens—also called rapini or broccoli rabe—are the most representative vegetables of the Apulian winter, ...

In my family, fresh pasta is for special occasions. Be it a holiday like Christmas or Easter, a ...

This is the basic recipe for fresh pasta that my grandma taught me years ago. There’s a golden ...

Tortelli mugellani are a type of filled pasta typical of Mugello, a mountainous area near Florence, bordering Emilia ...

As much as I love a robust meat or game sauce, a summer basil pesto, or a rich ...

There are countless variations of lasagne throughout Italy. What they all require is a layering of ingredients and ...

If you live in the Italian countryside, you’d better not be in a hurry to return home when ...

I often see photos on social media of beautiful women picking blackberries with long white dresses, elegant straw ...

Pasta With Burst Cherry Tomato Sauce Tiny, plump cherry tomatoes burst from the heat and melt into the ...

Pomarola, a Simple Italian Tomato Sauce Pomarola is one of the easiest Italian tomato sauces, made with basic ...

Pasta With Garlic Tomato Sauce, Olives, and Guanciale A traditional garlicky tomato sauce calls for frying minced garlic ...

We are entering the peak season of tomatoes, when the juicy orbs ripen under the sun in every ...

Whipped Ricotta With Quick Blueberry Compote This is a quick and fresh summery dessert, ideal for closing a ...

Homemade Ricotta Real ricotta is made with whey, but this simplified recipe for homemade ricotta calls for just ...

Ricotta has encoded in its name the way it is produced. “Ri-cotta” in Italian means “re-cooked,” or “cooked ...

Grilled Eggplant Rolls (Involtini di Melanzane) This is a quintessential Mediterranean dish that showcases some of the best ...

Ricotta and Roasted Tomato Crostoni (Crostoni di Ricotta e Pomodori) Ricotta and roasted tomatoes are a perfect summer ...

Italians are often depicted sitting around a crowded dinner table, sharing food, conversation, and laughter, and lingering long ...

Flaky and rich, with glossy surfaces brushed with vanilla syrup, cornetti are Italians’ breakfast pastry of choice, typically ...

Tuscan cooking, and Italian cooking in general, rely heavily on fresh herbs. You won’t find dried herbs in ...

Fried Sage Leaves Fried sage leaves are one of the easiest appetizers you can serve to open a ...

Tuscan Rosemary, Sage, and Garlic Herb Salt Made from a simple combination of ingredients—sage, rosemary, and garlic, often ...

Italian Salsa Verde With Parsley and Capers This is my mum’s salsa verde, a thick and vinegary sauce ...

Italian Potato Salad With Wild Fennel, Capers, and Olives Italians love to eat potato salad during the summer, ...