It’s What’s for Lent: Falsomagro
Christians around the world, during Lent, are supposed moderate their diets and have simple meals meant to invoke contemplation and a period of waiting for …
Christians around the world, during Lent, are supposed moderate their diets and have simple meals meant to invoke contemplation and a period of waiting for …
During my boyhood in New Jersey, summer meant trips to the Jersey shore, and the Jersey shore meant clams! From then till now, to me …
I’m trying to figure out why it took me so long to make garganelli. I think it was because a cookbook I have said to …
When we visited Umbria this fall, I expected the region to be a mere stepchild to Tuscany and its cosmopolitan, touristy vibe. Instead, we found …
Growing up, my brother and I often helped our mother make a holiday staple – ‘passatelli in brodo’ – a recipe she learned from my …
I have a food blogger confession. Truth be told, I used to be terrified of the spaghetti squash. I would gracefully cast my eyes aside …
The cooks of Emilia-Romagna love to stuff things from their pillowy pastas to their greens-stuffed tortas. In this simple recipe, onions become the backdrop for …
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!! Wohoo! I just love this holiday! Eight years ago after a rather loooong divorce, I was excited to …
Hurricane indeed! Hmpfh! Sandy certainly made her presence known last week around these parts. Her howling winds made for quite a long night as every …
Guazzetto is the Italian word for stew: not just any stew, but a low-and-slow-cooked stew. Cooking it slowly allows all the flavors to meld. I …
We are very excited over here at Our Italian Table – we have some fun things in the works! My brother Joey is busily working on …
I often reflect on a paragraph in Frances Mayes’ wonderful book, ‘A Year in the World’: ‘The need to travel is a mysterious force. A …