Chicken Tortellini Soup
A comforting bowl of soup you can get on the table in under 30 minutes Isn’t it time for you to take a break? If you’re like millions of us, you never cooked so many meals in your life. And it’s breakfast, lunch, and dinner.…
Category: Italian American Cooking
10 Great Recipes for all that Chicken you just bought.
Roasted, Baked, Broiled, Fried, Stir-Fried, Here are 10 Terrific Recipes for Chicken. There’s been a big run on chicken since we started sheltering in place in the U.S. Fresh chicken sales are up 76.5 percent according to IRI, a Chicago-based Analytics firm. “This”, says Chad…
Spicy Baked Pasta with Cheddar and Broccoli
All that pasta you just bought put to very good use indeed. In New York City where I live, the supermarkets have been stripped bare of many items. But I have to say the complete absence of pasta is quite stunning. That may well be…
Solidarity Pasta…with Asparagus, Red Pepper and Burrata.
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,…
Piave-Crusted Chicken and a glass of Garda DOC Sparkling Wine say Happy Valentine’s Day!
Friends with Food Benefits. One of the great things about writing about food is that eventually, people seek you out with great things to cook and great wines to drink. So it was that I found myself in possession of a bottle of Garda DOC…
Orecchiette with Sausage, Peppers, Baby Spinach and Burrata
How much dry pasta makes a great bowl of pasta and sauce? We love a great bowl of pasta. It’s one of our most favorite comfort foods, especially on a cold winter night. I am particularly fond of Orecchiette, the little “ears” — the exact…
Bobby Flay’s Quick Bolognese Sauce
One of New York’s great Celebrity Chefs cuts cooking time on an Italian Classic Chef Bobby Flay has been one of my favorite New York chefs ever since I worked above his store. That is to say when my office was above Mesa Grill, his…
Chicken Piccata
# 1 Candidate for Dinner any night this week This recipe is amazingly easy to put together and quick to cook. That makes it a candidate for any weeknight dinner you have this week. And I even found a hack that made it even easier.…
Shrimp Linguine with Herbs, Corn and Arugula
Bring a dish of Summer Sunshine to your Winter table in under 30 minutes flat. I nominate this dish for being a great big bowl of happy colors, great flavors, and almost instant gratification. It comes together in under 30 minutes. That alone qualifies it…
Baked Ziti with (or without) Sausage
A new take on Baked Ziti, an Italian Classic from Recipe Developer Extraordinaire Alison Roman If you’ve ever cooked a recipe from Alison Roman, you’ll be mightily impressed by the spin she puts on Classics. And this dish is a classic. Ziti al forno, which…
Chicken Cacciatore Summer Style
Chicken Cacciatore, that Italian classic Chicken Stew, seems an odd choice for a summer meal. However, not too long ago, I was craving it and having just loaded up on Chicken thighs and with 8 people coming to dinner, I went with my craving and…
Spaghetti and Meatballs in the Instant Pot
As some of our readers know, we recently moved out of the apartment we’d lived in for 23 years and moved down one floor to an apartment where we plan to live the next 23 years. But all the Marie Kondo-ing in the world hasn’t…
Tortellini Soup with Spinach, Onions, Carrots and Fennel and how it ended up on our table.
When you live in a food town like New York, you discover places all over the city that are worth a detour anytime you’re close to them. A recent doctor’s visit put me within two long blocks of the Sullivan Street Bakery. I am so…
15 Minute Skillet Pan Pizza
I consider Pizza a perfect food. In one slice, you combine dairy, vegetables, carbohydrates and protein. And you pick it up with one hand to eat it—no utensils necessary. All right, I use a fork which is contrary to New York pizza etiquette but not…
