Fish and Seafood Archives

Shrimp Scampi

14 October 2017

This blog is dedicated to continental Italian food—the kind of food you’ll find in Italy. But as long time readers […]

20 January 2017

If you’ve read our Glossary of Italian Cooking Terms, you’ll know that the term ‘in zimino‘ refers to a whole

30 December 2016

New Year’s Eve in Italy, as for so many other special occasions, means a special meal, the cenone di Capodanno, or ‘big

23 December 2016

During my years in Rome, I mostly lived on the small but charming piazza di san Paolo alla Regola, not too far from

16 December 2016

I lived in Rome for over ten years, but in all that time, minestra di broccoli e arzilla, or Skate

18 March 2016

When they think of anchovies, most people, at least here in the US, think of salt-cured anchovy fillets packed in oil.

19 February 2016

Lent—la Quaresima in Italian—is the roughly six week period on the Catholic calendar between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Traditionally a period of

11 December 2015

Here’s a recipe that’s so simple you could call it a non-recipe: impepata di cozze, or Peppered Mussels. To make this Neapolitan

18 September 2015

There’s a saying in Italian: fritte son bone anche le scarpe, meaning “even a shoe tastes good when it’s fried”.