meat 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 […]

22 December 2023

While as we saw last week a traditional Italian Christmas Eve dinner is fish based, Christmas Day dinner is a

6 November 2021

We don’t often think about it, but meats also have seasons. Just as lamb is a talisman of the spring,

27 May 2016

Olive ascolane—with their soft and savory meat stuffing surrounded by a crisp, breaded crust—are a speciality of Ascoli Piceno in

21 November 2014

Crostini di fegatini—bread slices topped with a savory chicken liver paste—are the iconic Tuscan antipasto. In this version from Giuliano Bugialli’s

31 October 2014

Tripe was once a common part of the Italian diet, and no where more so than Rome. The inhabitants of

23 March 2014

You might not know it from the weather around here, but spring is finally here. And one of the great

15 January 2014

We’re an old fashioned household in many ways. In the cooler months, making broth is a Sunday afternoon ritual in

17 February 2013

Beef carpaccio—known to Italians simply as carpaccio—is one of the most famous of Italian antipasti. But the version most people are