Consider the classic spaghetti dinner. In the eyes of most Americans, it’s the ultimate in Italian food. Whether enjoyed at home or at a neighborhood restaurant, you sit down with a plate piled high with spaghetti that has been smothered in a rich tomato or meat sauce generously ladled over the top. And of course, ...
It’s hard to imagine Italian food without Italian herbs and spices, yet in the middle ages Italian herbs were grown for medicinal purposes only. Primarily cultivated in small monastery gardens, it wasn’t until the Renaissance that an interest in herbs as culinary ingredients began to evolve. Today, those same Italian herbs and spices are used ...
Italian cuisine is arguably the most popular cuisine in America today, and its popularity keeps on growing. Without resorting to a lot of dry statistics to back up this statement, let’s just take a peek at the Yellow Pages. While you might find a great number of restaurants featuring French, Chinese, Greek, Mexican, Japanese, German, ...
If you want to know how to cook Italian, you’ve come to the right place. I was 18 years old when I went to work in an Italian restaurant. For the last 35 years I’ve been using what I learned there, not only in other restaurants, but at home as well. Here are my 10 ...
Eating is a vital part of people’s lives and people like a large variety of foods. There are many different kinds of food to choose from such as Italian food, Greek food, Jewish food, and Mexican food. An Italian food gift basket would contain many types of Italian food that people can enjoy anytime. An ...
