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 …
All About Italian Wines
All About Italian Wines Italian Wine Wine Enthusiast magazine writes, “In ancient times, the Italian peninsula was commonly referred to as enotria, or ‘land of wine’ because of its rich diversity of grape varieties and many acres dedicated to cultivated vines. In more ways than one, Italy became a gigantic nursery and a commercial hub fortuitously positioned at the heart …
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 Chef Profile: Marcella Hazan
Her Early Life Marcella Polini was born on April 15, 1924 in Cesenatico in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. During the years of war, Marcella’s family lived on their farm in the northern region. In an interview on NPR, Marcella recalls the first Christmas after the Second World War, when her family returned home. “It was wonderful to be a …
Five Italian Grains
Italian cuisine has a complex and diverse history that ranges from north to south, east to west. Regional Italian cuisine depends on the agricultural production and the influence of geography, as well as inspiration from neighboring countries. At the heart of most Italian dishes is a grain, often dressed up with a hearty sauce and fragrant herbs and spices. Here …
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, …
Italian Christmas Traditions
Buon Natale! Natale is the Italian word for Christmas, and people generally greet each other with “Buon Natale!”In Italy, Natale spans from December 24 through January 6, with some feasts and celebrations occurring earlier in the month of December. Christmas is the time where Italian families come together, share meals, and celebrate with gifts. Feasts & Celebrations Saint Nicholas …
Pasta Al Dente: The Perfect Bite
Al dente is known universally as the degree of firmness at which pasta is best served. But where did it come from, and when did it become the preference? To answer this question, we’ll have to travel back in time. The Origins of Pasta Pasta can be traced back to the very early centuries of our ancestors, as early as …
How to pair your pasta shape with the perfect sauce
Perfect Couples: Pasta Shapes and Sauces Gnocchi. Fusilloni. Tagliatelle. Farfalle. Rigatoni. Capellini. Penne. Orecchiette. Spaghetti. Linguini. There are hundreds of beautifully crafted pasta shapes in Italian cuisine, and with good reason. “The right sauce in combination with the right pasta creates gustatory magic,” says Italian American chef Lidia Bastianich. “You may not think about it every time you open …
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