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Saltimbocca alla sorrentina

26 May 2018

Chances are, if you know anything about Italian food, you’ve heard of saltimbocca alla romana, veal scallops sautéed in butter with […]

24 February 2018

What would the world be without onions? Along with their close cousins garlic and shallots, they seem to make their

25 November 2017

In many ways, we lovers of Italian food here in the US are lucky. The current popularity of Italian food

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

30 September 2017

I don’t know about you, but when I’m making a “major” meal in the Italian manner, I tend to focus

2 June 2017

Another of the many Italian dishes in the cucina povera tradition, sugo finto is “fake” because it is basically a meat

18 March 2017

In Italian Food, the 1954 book that introduced the English to real Italian cookery, Elizabeth David includes a recipe for petti

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

26 August 2016

What was Italian cuisine like before the tomato arrived from America? Pasta alla gricia gives us some idea. Widely considered