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Italian Sausage Tomato Soup

This soup is such a conform food especially when you are tired or cold. Also good…

Oven Braised Veal Osso Buco

Finally we found veal shank here in Vancouver, so I decided to do Osso Buco when…

So Simple and Delicious! Bell Pepper Spaghetti

Last night, my husband prepared the dinner. It was just shockingly simple and delicious, showing the…

30 Essential Cured Meats

This is an interesting article my husband found.

Tomato Bread Salad “Panzanella”

This is perfect dish for summer if you have tomatoes and old bread. Since we started…

Baked Zucchini Flowers ” Pizza di Fiori” by Loretta

It’s that season when you can find zucchini flowers in a market. Zucchini flowers are not…

Cannoli

This is just for inside of cannoli, so I would not say it is a recipe.…

The Complete Guide to Italian Cheeses

This is an amazing website about various Italian cheeses! Link to the more detail of each…

Spaghetti alla Gricia with Broad Beans by Loretta

This is the recipe by Loretta, my most beautiful sister-in-law, living in Frascati where my husband…

Size and Other Detail of Each Pasta

Other than the origin of each pasta we made on our map, this is the most…

Pasta Map!

There are many different shapes of Italian pasta. Whenever I find a pasta with an interesting…

The Sicilian Fish Tomato Stew

I love fish. I used to eat fish quite often as it is very easy to…

Great Collection of Cooking Pasta

I have been looking for a good book or website of true Italian cuisines in English…

Cheese Map of Europe

As an Italian, cheese matters a lot for my husband. Whenever we go to a supermarket,…

Simplest Tomato Sauce

Our garden in New Zealand produced many many tomatoes in summer, and I used to make…

Saltimbocca Alla Romana

Saltimbocca, meaning ‘jumping into a mouth’ is also a roman cuisine. Since we like having the…

Italian Pasta Map

My Italian husband says each region has different type of pasta and sauce. As a roman,…

Focaccia Genovese

This is the recipe our friend gave us. When we visited them, they serve this focaccia…

Chicken Liver With Onion Lemon Sauce

Liver is not easy for me to enjoy, but this one by my husband and the…

Limoncello (using vodka)

Limoncello is a strong drink you take after dinner to refresh your mouth and help digestion.…

Roman Pasta alla Carbonara

Rome is where my husband was born, and he is proud of the foods there. Carbonara…

Figs With Prosciutto

This is one of the first dishes my husband made for me. It is so simple,…

Lemon Tiramisu

A few of Italian friends say Lemon Tiramisu is the best summer treat. They also say…

So Simple! Real Italian Home Made Fresh Pasta

My husband from Rome sometimes makes fresh pasta. Until I met him, I never made fresh…

Pressure Cooker Lentil Stew

Cotechino and lentil stew is a must for New Year’s eve meal for Italian, and my…

Very Simple Real Italian Tiramisu

I learned this recipe when we went back to Italy a few years ago, and changed…

Buckwheat Orecchiette

Beef Shank Osso Buco

I use this recipe and using an electric pressure cooker for 30 mins instead of Slow…