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As an Italian, I was born to love pasta and pizza. I often search for new kinds of sauces or particular ingredients that can get well together.
Talking about pasta, I remember that my friend Luisa once told me about “penne with onion”. A strange and heavy recipe, I thought. But Luisa is such a [...]

On Saturday we had 10 people for lunch and we wanted to cook something easy but at the same time very tasteful and original. So, after a few days of reflections, Damian and I decided to use our dried mushrooms we got from Italy.
I remembered that mushrooms and cheese are a good match and with [...]

Some people say that the Amatriciana sauce comes from Amatrice (province of Rieti, Lazio) while others (I’m sure Carlo is one of them) would say that it comes straight from Rome. I don’t want to enter in such a dispute, but I can assure that, whoever invented this recipe, made a really good job!I’m sure [...]

Some days ago I wanted to try using the pasta maker that we received as a gift from our friends.I remember the home-made pasta that my grandma Lucia used to cook for us (and in big quantities…). And I know that the neighbors of my aunt Etta can hear, on Sundays morning at 5 [...]

I don’t like macaroni and cheese but at least I’m honest saying it because, before I made this judgment that probably will cost me my green card, I tasted them and I tried to like them, but I do not like them, they are against my nature.So, for the people that are continuing reading [...]