Olive Oil Coffee
What is olive oil coffee Olive oil coffee is a rich and flavorful drink that combines two ingredients that people love and use everyday. Learn how to make this delicious...
Recipes
Parmigiana Recipe (Traditional Italian Eggplant Parmesan)
This eggplant parmesan recipe — or parmigiana alle melanzane as we say in Italy — is easily one of our favorites. It takes everything we love about lasagna and turns...
How To Make Beans That Are Really Delicious
This is a recipe and guide for how to make beans that are really delicious! One of the most beautiful things about beans is they’re easy. They’re also flexible, absorb great...
How to Make Italian Soffritto: Ratios, Fat, and Seasoning
Every cuisine has a version of soffritto used as the base for soups, stews, and sauces. In Italian, the word comes from the verb soffriggere, which means "fried slowly" or...
Roasted Tomatoes with Olive Oil (Jammy, Charred, and Sweet)
This is a recipe for roasted tomatoes — slightly charred, melt-in-your-mouth, and full of concentrated flavor. Not tomato confit. We are not cooking these low and slow. We want jammy,...
Tomato Toast
This tomato toast was way too beautiful to not receive its own dedicated post and mini recipe. Is it breakfast, a snack, or technically bruschetta? How about today we skip...
Tomato Salad Recipe (Insalata di Pomodoro Calabrese)
There are few things that signal summer more clearly than this tomato salad. It is a riff on Lina's Insalata di Pomodoro Calabrese — the underripe tomatoes, peperoncino, and mix...
Pasta with Tomato Sauce 2.0 (The Best Version You'll Ever Make)
This pasta with tomato sauce is not a traditional recipe and we are not pretending otherwise. It is better. Sweeter, creamier, and more concentrated than any classic version — and...
Fried Zucchini Fritters Recipe (Frittelle di Zucchine)
This is a super easy recipe for crunchy and delicious fried zucchini fritters! These frittelle di zucchine, as they’re called in Italy, are one of our favorite ways to use...
Fried Artichoke Hearts (Carciofi Fritti) Italian Recipe
Fried artichoke hearts, known in Italian as carciofi fritti, are one of those dishes that seem simple until you actually make them. The batter has to be thick enough to...
Fettuccine with Porcini Mushrooms (Fettuccine ai Funghi Porcini)
We shared photos of this fettuccine with porcini mushrooms on social media and our inbox filled up immediately. Everyone wanted the recipe. That response made perfect sense to us, because...
Patate e Peperoni (Pipi e Patate) — Calabrian Potatoes and Peppers
Patate e Peperoni translates to potatoes and peppers. Simple as that. But this dish is anything but simple in the way it makes you feel. Potatoes and peppers fried together...
Simple Salad Dressing with Olive Oil, Ready in 5 Minutes
What Makes a Simple Italian Salad Dressing So Good This simple salad dressing is light, versatile, and built entirely on high-quality ingredients. In Italy, the classic salad dressing is nothing...
Vrasciole — Calabrian Fried Italian Meatballs
In Calabria, these are called vrasciole, and they are the meatball that ruins all other meatballs for you. Log-shaped, fried in olive oil until deeply golden, and seasoned with pecorino,...
Orecchiette with Broccoli (Orecchiette con Broccoli)
This orecchiette with broccoli recipe, known in Italian as orecchiette con broccoli, comes together in under 30 minutes and makes an incredibly creamy pasta sauce without a drop of cream....
The Secret to Perfect Pasta with Zucchini and Crispy Pancetta
Giuseppe's mom, Lina, first made this pasta con pancetta e zucchine for us during a visit to Calabria in 2019. In our kitchen, we rarely repeat the same meal twice...