Join me Friday September 25 at 3pm EST for a pinsa class hosted by Breville. I'll be chatting with Scott Wiener, host of Breville's video series "Meet the Makers" and my friend and #UntitledPizzaCookbook co-author Dan Richer will be making a special appearance. Get your tickets now to watch live; you will also get [...]
All new for 2020, my friend and colleague Maurizio Di Franco and I are collaborating on a super fun vineyard excursion from Rome to one of our favorite places just outside of town, Cantina Ribelà. Maurizio is a certified sommelier (you may know him from tastings at Vino Roma) and he has been providing food [...]
Guys, I have a nephew! His name is Rider, he's 4 months old, he lives in New Jersey, and I love him. He's cool in many ways and he's also a model. His first gig was showing off the Food of the Italian South anchovy onesie, a piece that my sister thought up while pregnant [...]
I was a teenager when I first heard the phrase “Italian wedding soup.” Unlike some Italian Americans, I didn’t grow up eating it. I took the name literally, of course. Magazines and television hosts billed the vegetable rich, meat-studded soup as a classic recipe for nuptials. Wrong. If you’ve ever been to an Italian wedding, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/embed/hU5Iatd__5c Katie Parla, author of Food of the Italian South, stopped by the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen to show us how to make stuffed mussels. Not only is this recipe quick and easy, but making your own breadcrumbs is a great way to use up leftover or stale bread. Serve these stuffed mussels as [...]
It's January 6, the Epiphany on the Catholic calendar. The holiday is called La Befana in Italy and is so-called because tradition states the befana (a witch-like creature) delivers gifts to children on this day as the Wise Men brought gifts to the baby Jesus. I was always terrified of the befana as a kid. [...]
