Easter Archives

Abbacchio alla romana (Roman Style Roast Lamb)

27 March 2024

Abbacchio alla romana, Roman Style Roast Lamb, or abbachio alla cacciatora as it is called by Romans themselves, is perhaps […]

15 April 2022

One usually associates Roman cookery with hearty and robustly flavored dishes and, by and large, the image holds true. But

13 April 2019

Sciusceddu alla messinese comes to us from Sicily, and specifically from Messina, where this unusual primo piatto is a fixture

15 April 2017

Savory pies and enriched breads figure prominently on the Easter dinner table. We’ve already featured a couple Neapolitan examples on

6 April 2014

I remember this indulgently delicious rum-soaked Neapolitan dessert from my childhood, when it made frequent appearances on the Sunday dinner

1 April 2013

Pasquetta, or ‘Little Easter’, known in English as Easter Monday, is a holiday in Italy and much of Europe. Folks traditionally

8 April 2012

One of my fondest taste memories from my childhood was a bread we used to call “Anzogna bread” (the name,

5 June 2011

For most of us, pizza means just one thing: a round disk of dough topped with tomato, mozzarella and other