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Cicoria, or chickory, also known in English as 'curly endive', is a staple of the central and southern Italian diet, or at least so it was traditionally. People from Campania like Angelina are said to be especially fond of leafy green vegetables, so (read full article)
For many Italians, Summer means outdoor grilling, just as it does for much of the rest of the world. One of my grilling favorites is the grigliata mista, mixed grilled meats. The choice of meats is up to the cook, but it usually includes lamb, pork, (read full article)
Here's a 'master recipe' for one of the most common techniques in Italian cookery for preparing vegetables, particularly green, leafy vegetables. The technique is called rispassato in padella or saltato in padella which literally means 'tossed in the (read full article)
Click here to read the English versionEhm...sì, lo so che di solito sono "Millefoglie", ma stavolta credo che "Millepetali" vada meglio per definire questa ricetta - non ricetta :-DNon-ricetta perchè è così semplice che anche chi non ha mai messo (read full article)
I normally like my salads with a simple oil and vinegar dressing in the typical Italian manner, but once and a while I get the urge for one of those rich and creamy salads like cole slaw or Russian salad … or this French classic: céléri rémoulad (read full article)
Tuscans love beans. They eat them as part of many of the famous Tuscan soups like ribollita, they eat them in a salad with tuna as an antipasto, and, of course, they eat them as a contorno, or side dish, especially with grilled meats like the mythica (read full article)
A Springtime Roman treat, la vignarola is a vegetable 'medley' made from spring onions, fava beans, artichokes, peas and tender lettuce. It comes in an entirely vegan/vegetarian version and one that uses a bit of guanciale or pancetta to lend flavor (read full article)
This is one of the easiest and most versatile vegetable dishes in the Italian repertoire: funghi trifolati, or 'truffled' mushooms, so called because the thinly sliced and sautéed mushrooms are said to resemble that other, more highly prized tuber. (read full article)
Here's another quick and easy vegetable side dish or light supper: "Neapolitan style" cauliflower, known in Naples itself as cavolfiore con passi e pinoli.It may come as a shock, but this dish contains no tomato, giving lie to the notion that all Nea (read full article)
If there were an 'all purpose' side dish, this might be it. Cipolline all'agrodolce, also called cipolline in agrodolce, in English 'sweet and sour baby onions', go with just about any meat dish, although it is particularly lovely with roasts. And, t (read full article)
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