Recipes With Italian Inspiration

— for those not in Italy — Should you make your own gelato? If you live in Italy, then the answer perhaps is, “if you want to.” If you don’t …

David Lebowitz shared the idea of Radish Leaf Pesto. I have adapted it for a Radish Sprout Pesto Pasta. It is a brilliant idea that allows us to utilize a …

Count me among the millions that wanted to recapture the beauty of Amalfi back home. Including that slice (pun intended) of Amalfi — a Torta Caprese. In short, I wanted …

Count me among the millions who have traveled to the Amalfi Coast, tasted Amalfi Torta Caprese, and said, “I have to make that when I get home.” Only to be …

Driven to a large degree by the desire to use the best local and seasonal ingredients, Italian cooking is highly regional. I have no doubt that if chanterelle mushrooms were …

What do Italians know about meatballs, that I don’t? Italians can be passionate about meatballs. But what is an authentic Italian meatball? They do not contain exotic ingredients, it seems …

Venetian Cicchetti meatballs are the bar snack version of meatballs. These Cicchetti (nibbles or snacks) meatballs are smaller and fried, made to snack on while sipping a refreshing glass of …

Quite a few passionate Italian cooks will get indignant about the mention of spaghetti and meatballs. They insist that is not how meatballs in tomato sauce (Polpette al Sugo) should …