Pepperoni, tomatoes and two kinds of cheese: our Trader Joe’s shopping trip becomes dinner. There are evenings when I’m happy to chop, sauté and simmer. Then there are evenings when opening a jar seems quite enough. A recent visit to Trader Joe’s produced just such…
A Northern Italian asparagus lasagna with salmon, shrimp, and lemon béchamel—and the Umbrian family table that changed how I’ve eaten ever since. An Italian Family Table in Assisi Taught Me That Meals Matter We had barely landed in Rome when all twenty-eight of us in…
From Stanley Tucci’s “Searching for Italy” Season 2. In Chapter 3 of the current season, Stanley made his way to Sardegna. The first words he spoke about the place are shown here. Sardinia has many charms. Stanley explored its bitter honey, its Pecorino cheese, its…
Crispy, spicy, and deeply tomato-ey flavor from a whole new technique for cooking Spaghetti. Our lead visual may look like an ordinary bowl of spaghetti but it is most certainly not. This is spaghetti cooked in an entirely different way. In Italian, it’s called the…
Today we thought we’d take you along on a Wine Tour in Tuscany, bring Guanciale home and make the best Carbonara ever! Carbonara: “Hot pasta tossed with a creamy sauce of raw beaten eggs, accentuated with crisp bits of Guanciale and finished with a shower…
The Bolognese Revelation from Stanley Tucci’s Searching for Italy – An Authentic Twist You Need to Know When it comes to Bolognese, we’ve all been in the habit of letting it simmer for hours, haven’t we? That slow-cooked, rich, meaty flavor developing bit by bit,…
Stanley Tucci’s 6-part series for CNN is an Italophile’s dream. For one hour a week, its viewers are immersed in the food of a single region of Italy. For lovers of the Italian language, there’s a surprising amount of it spoken here. Subtitles are provided…
A transformative dish that takes me to a much happier place. I think it will do the same for you. These days dinner means more than mere sustenance. While we all ‘shelter in place’, it’s a mighty punctuation point to our day. Dinner is a…
Beloved Italy is beset with a healthcare crisis like no other. You would have to be living in outer space not to be following the story of the Covid-19 Virus. And if you have an affinity for Italy, I am sure your heart, like mine,…
By Monte Mathews Staff Writer This private island retreat makes the perfect base for exploring Venice Ask anyone who has been to Venice lately and you’re sure to hear that “La Serenissima” is hardly serene. Every year 22 million tourists flock to the city,…
FERNET, FIRE, AND A PERFECT CHICKEN IN BUENOS AIRES
