Italian Food

Pesto is a flavorful Italian sauce made from garlic and basil that, when substituted for tomato or pizza sauce, can make a great variation on a family favorite: PIZZA!

Fettuccine Alfredo is basically a pasta dish made with Fettuccine pasta and a creamy white sauce made from butter, cream and parmesan cheese. Restaurateur, Alfredo alla Scrofa, created this dish...

Pesto is a wonderfully simple and delicious gourmet sauce that can be put on anything from pasta to crackers.

Risotto is a traditional Italian rice dish. As the main feature of a risotto dish is a starchiness that binds the grains together as a cream, a high-starch round medium grain rice is typically...

This is a very simple and quick recipe for a corn salad that requires very little effort and also very simple ingredients. You can serve this Mediterranean corn salad as a meal in itself, if you...

This is a recipe I got from my mom. She was asked to bring it to every pot luck, family function and holiday party she attended. I use my dads spaghetti sauce (check out my recipe) and it just...

This is a spaghetti sauce I received from my father who's parents came straight from Italy. It's so good I get compliments on it all the time. I use it to make Lasagna and everything Italian. I...

Italian cheeses are as numerous as they are varied. From pizza to pasta, the versatility of Italian cheeses can be found in cooking from around the world. Here are a few of the most popular.

A traditional pesto sauce is made with sweet basil, garlic. Parmesan or Romano cheese, pine nuts and olive oil. The differences in the recipes come in the different proportions of the ingredients...

Parmigiana is a Southern Italian dish that has gained worldwide popularity. The Southern Italians made this dish with eggplant but the dish eventually came to be made with meat such as chicken or...

This wonderful inexpensive kitchen tool can enhance a relatively easy gnocchi recipe by making it a true gourmet treat. If you do not have a gnocchi board, you can also use the tines of a fork or...

Fresh basil pesto is easy to make at home using just a few simple ingredients and your blender. Pesto has been traditionally made by grinding the ingredients together using a mortar and pestle....

One of my favorites is the Green Beans sauted in the traditional Italian style. Green beans are a wonderful addition to any dinner table. They are delicious and nutritious and you can create...

This is a wonderful recipe and can be easily made in a short time. Many people have reservations about pork, however, pork is the white meat and Meats play an important role in our diet and their...

This pasta dish is made from scratch, but is still quick and easy and a great way to make use of leftover potatoes that you may have after a big dinner. Gnocchi is usually served as a satisfying...

My Italian recipe for meatballs goes perfectly with an Italian red sauce and pasta. Kids will love this recipe for meatballs as well as the entire family. The meatballs can be shaped into the...

Store-bought focaccia -- flat Italian bread with topping -- has been a traditional Sunday brunch treat in our house for some time. But sometimes the store-bought ones are overcooked to the point...

From pasta, to pizzas to cheesecake most of us like to eat cheese. While many of us crave Italian food we may not always know the name of an Italian cheese. And also, how to select an Italian...

Flavored dipping oil is hugely popular in Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. In the American culture it is gaining in popularity as benefits of using herb-infused dipping oils becomes more well-known.

I love this pizza. I first tried the spinach pizza at Cici's. I refused at first because I did not like how it looked. Once I tried it, it became one of the only pizzas I would eat. I learned to...

Well, today I went to the supermarket, and low and behold, steering me in the face from the mark down corner, were these beautiful large red peppers. I immediately took the 8 red peppers and...

Eggplant Parmesan is a classic Southern Italian dish that has gained worldwide popularity. Below is my version of this wonderful Italian dish.

Want real italian cooking , not frozen or out of a bottle or can? This manicotti recipe and stuffed shell recipe will make you the envy of your friends and family!

The richest, creamiest and best tasting fresh mozzarella cheese comes from an area near Naples in Italy. It's hand-made but it is not from cow milk! It's made from water buffalo. I'll explain how...

Italian food is a popular choice in many American diets. Spaghetti, ravioli, lasagna are just a few of the many popular Italian foods. However the Roman cuisine can also be quite unique. Read on...

Who does not love comfort food. Yet many people still think it is too hard to make, or they say it just takes too much time. Well let me reasure you, most all of my recipes are simple to make,...

Also known as “fish stew”, cioppino is a dish that is very popular on the coast of California. Its roots can be traced back to Italy. It's a great stew to serve during the colder months and is...

One of my favorite Italian dishes when eating out at an Italian Restaurant is Italian Sausages and Peppers. As such, I soon learned how to make them at home. Below is my recipe for Italian...

One of the Favorite Italian Dishes of all times has to be Broccoli Rabe and Italian Sausage. To experience the true authentic flavors, you must use homemade Italian Sausage from your local...

In classic Italian cooking, ingredients take center stage. Right behind that, though, are the techniques used to combine those ingredients into all the wonderful dishes we've come to know in...

Gnocchi are so Italian that any Italian restaurant which does not offer them, is not really very Italian. When I was in Italy you could get them in good restaurants in all kind of variations....

This unique recipe is great for meatballs or hamburgers. The amounts in this recipe make about four nice size hamburgers. These patties can be made and shaped up to 24 hours in advance of finally...

The easiest way to make delicious fried calamari at home

Marinara sauce originated in Naples during the 16th Century when the Spaniards introduced the tomato from the New World. Customarily used on pasta, Marinara sauce is also popular on mozzarella...

My husband received a panini grill 2 Christmases ago and the very first kind we made was the one we always go back to: Caprese Panini. We had no recipe but just used fresh ingredients that we...

Growing up I ate food draped with red tomato sauce 4 times a week...I ate a lot of Italian food. Fortunately for me I got to treat myself with my grandmothers authentic homemade pasta sauce, who's...

Sicilian pizza is original to Palermo, Italy. What makes the difference in the Sicilian Pizza is that the cheese is placed under the sauce. The shape of a Sicilian pizza is usually square and not...

Chicken Cacciatore was originally developed in Italy somewhere around the 1500’s to 1600’s and was considered a country dish where chicken was simmered with tomatoes and mushrooms. There are many...

This is a simple traditional Italian Lasagna recipe that will leave your family begging for more. Always a crowd pleaser, with layers of delicious sauce and pasta this recipe looks more...

In authentic Italian cooking, Al Dente Pasta is the pasta that has been cooked so that it is soft on the outside, but the inside is still a little hard. Under-cook your pasta and it will taste...

Below is my recipe on how to make a No yeast Garlic and Herb Pizza Dough. Its a very easy recipe and there's no need to buy yeast to make it.

Ahh, the tastes of Fall. It doesn't get much better than this SIMPLE but delicious and satisfying Peach and Tomato soup. The sugars from the tomatoes and peaches along with the onion and garlic...

Usually, making the dough takes hours of your time, but this techniques takes less of your time, but spreads the work over two to three days. The trick to the dough is in the waiting. By...

Are you wondering what you should get someone for Christmas, a birthday, or some other special occasion? While a cash gift is always welcome, it can end up going towards bills or something else...

Pasta all'Arrabbiata is an other famous Roman recipe. Arrabbiata in Italian means "angry". Traditionally this recipe wants the pasta sauce spicy and very hot with...

An Olive Garden gift card is great. It already has money credited towards it. And wonderfully enough, if you don’t run down your Olive Garden gift card in one sitting, you can go again. The money...

What's better than cutting into a loaf of warm, freshly baked bread? Not much! This is a recipe that has been handed down from generation to generation in my husband's family. Baking bread is an...

Italian Beef is wonderful and mouth watering on a Roll, especially if you add some nice pepperoncini peppers on the roll with the Italian Beef. Below is my recipe on how to make Italian Beef.

I was asked by a good friend for a good pizza sauce. Below is my version of a good Italian Pizza Sauce. Enjoy it Gene.

It's tempting to think that true Italian cooking must be complicated. If you've ever eaten good Italian food and tasted the depth and richness of a good sauce, or the delicate flavor and texture...