Flavors of Italian Cuisine As with all great cuisines of the world, Italian cuisine is defined by a set of foundational flavors. In every step of cooking, specific ingredients come together to create the profile that we recognize as Italian cuisine. Today, we’ll explore these flavors to examine what alchemy comes together to create Italian food. Olive Oil Olive …
Italian Summer Cuisine
Italian Summer Cuisine Summer is right around the corner, and warm weather brings a bounty of new ingredients. Italian food is traditionally known for hearty, comfort foods – often rich, cheesy, and served warm. But summer ingredients figure prominently in Italian cuisine as well. Today we’ll take a look at the Italian table in summer – fresh, bright, and full …
Everybody Loves Truffles
Everybody Loves Truffles History of Truffles Truffles are a type of fungus used most often in Italian and other Mediterranean cooking. The word truffle comes from the Latin word tuber, meaning “swelling” or “lump”, based on its shape. Truffles come in both black and white varieties and grow between the roots of a number of different types of trees. White …
Antipasti: The art of beginnings
Antipasti: The art of beginnings No one can deny that an Italian meal is a truly sensory experience. When you sit down to an Italian meal, the traditional first course is “antipasto” (plural: antipasti). The term is derived from Latin “ante” (before) and “pastus” (meal, pasture). Artfully conceived, antipasto presentations are generally colorful and boast many diverse items, to get …
All About Italian Greens
All About Italian Greens Primavera – Spring is in the Air! Spring is a bountiful time for produce, with Italian cuisine boasting ingredients that are light and fresh. Most of us know the Italian word for spring – primavera – perhaps due to the popularity of the dish, pasta primavera. It may come as a surprise that pasta primavera is …
Italian Chef Profile: Ettore Boiardi
Italian Cuisine in America In the 2015 film Brooklyn, a young Irish woman new to the US in the 1950s falls in love with an Italian-American. In preparation to meet his family for the first time, her housemates teach her how to eat spaghetti with a fork and spoon. These days, such a thing would be ludicrous to imagine because …
Italian Food in Film
It’s freezing out there! What’s cozier than curling up with a good movie with the family in the deep of winter? We’ve put together our top 5 films that feature Italian food. And how versatile Italian food is! We’ve got gangster films, kids’ films, and of course, a film for foodies. And if these flicks get your appetite going for Italian, come …
Comfort Food, Italian Style
The Joys of Comfort Food In the adorable Pixar animated film Ratatouille, there is a scene where the cruel restaurant critic Anton Ego sits down and takes a bite of ratatouille. From this one bite, he is transported back to his childhood, where his beloved mother serves him the same dish. Back in the present day, he drops his pen, …
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