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GIVEAWAY! Plus a Recipe for Pizzelle from Maria Pasquale’s New Book, Mangia
My dear friend Maria Pasquale’s new book, Mangia: How to Eat Your Way Through Italy, is not a cookbook. It’s more like an encyclopedia filled with…
 • Laura Itzkowitz
Tuscan Cookbook Author Giulia Scarpaleggia's Recipe for Torta di Ceci (Tuscan Chickpea Cake)
Naturally vegan and gluten-free, this Tuscan chickpea cake is proof that there's so much more to Italian cuisine than pizza and pasta.
 • Laura Itzkowitz
Got Leftover Pasta? Make a Frittata!
What do you do with leftover pasta? Reheat it? Eat it cold straight out of the fridge the next day?
 • Laura Itzkowitz
A Recipe for Roman-style Pasta e Ceci, a Comforting Chickpea and Pasta Stew
Don’t know what to do with all the random bits of leftover pasta in various shapes lingering in your cupboard? Romans use those bits, commonly called…
 • Laura Itzkowitz
A Rare Roman Chicken Recipe: Pollo con i Peperoni
In Rome, chicken is rarely seen on restaurant menus. There is, however, one beloved Roman recipe for chicken and that is pollo con i peperoni (i.e…
 • Laura Itzkowitz
Hang onto Summer with this Recipe for Tagliolini al Limone
What does summer taste like?
 • Laura Itzkowitz
How to Make Pesto the Traditional Ligurian Way
Surely, you’ve had pesto. After tomato sauce, pesto—sometimes called pesto alla genovese—is one of the most ubiquitous Italian recipes.
 • Laura Itzkowitz
This Sardinian Pasta Isn’t in the Canon of Regional Italian Classics—And You Can Make It With Pantry Staples
“Have any vacation meals inspired you to make your own version at home?”
 • Laura Itzkowitz
Spring Pasta with Asparagus
Some musings on seasonality and a recipe for tagliatelle with asparagus.
 • Laura Itzkowitz
The Highly Debated Origins of Tiramisù (and How to Make It)
Served all over the world, tiramisù might be the most ubiquitous Italian dessert.
 • Laura Itzkowitz
How to Make Perfect Pasta Every Time
My husband Marco, like many Italians, tends to be brutally honest, so I hold it as a point of pride when he tells his friends that his American wife…
 • Laura Itzkowitz
A Roman Brunch Recipe: Cacio e Pepe Slow Scrambled Eggs
I’m titling today’s newsletter “A Roman Brunch Recipe,” but to be clear a Roman brunch is an oxymoron.
 • Laura Itzkowitz
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