Un Coctail Di Frutta Meringato This tasty, creamy fruit cocktail is a perfect example of the way modern Italian cooks are greeting new ingredients: mangoes are not native to Italy, but are much more common...read more
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How to Roast a Whole Piglet The best known Italian roast pig is porchetta: A boned whole pig very well seasoned and spit roasted for hours. It's classic festival food, and a standby at markets and...read more
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Per La Mamma: Clelia's Cookies As I said, there aren't any specific Italian Mother's Day recipes that I know of. However, here are a couple of simple cookie recipes daughter Clelia brought home from day care a few years ago...read more
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Top Picks - Favorite Lemony Recipes
from your Italian Food Guide | ![]() | | Lemons are, after oranges, the most popular citrus fruit grown in Italy. While some gourmands frown at squeezing a lemon over fried foods, e.g. veal cutlets or fish -- they say it masks the flavor of the food -- I find a little freshly squeezed lemon to be quite refreshing, especially on a hot day. There are other things too, including Limoncello... |
1) Spring means.... Fragole!
Or strawberries in English. Though they've been in the markets for a while now, the traditional Italian strawberry season begins about now, and local berries are superior to what's trucked in. About strawberries and some nice recipes.
2) Favorite Summer Pasta Dishes
Refreshing foods that will be very nice when it gets hot, and if the past week is any indication, we'll soon need them.
3) On Pesto
Bought a basil plant the other day, and the next step will be to make some pesto sauce, Liguria's traditional pasta sauce, which is extraordinarily refreshing at this time of year.
| Celebrating Mom | ![]() | Mother's Day Ideas Celebrate Mom this month with great gift ideas, recipes, and much more.
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