Ever since I was a kid an aunt, a grandmother or a distant relative made a mound of pizzelle.  The round, flat sweet Christmas cookie reminiscent of the communion host used in ...

“SayWine” app now available in the App store Impress your boss, date or colleagues with your mastery of the wine list. The Language Chef LLC, announces the availability of ...

Yesterday I bought a loaf of Semolina bread – OMG! amazing –   it’s more chewy and sweeter than plain ol’white flour bread.  But I asked my self – ...

It’s never too early to think about Holiday cookies and this one is a Christmas must in my family. My grandma was from Abruzzo and Pizzelle were originally made there.   ...

Last night we were talking about gardens and next year I said I’m going to grow fennel!  I love its liquorice flavor. Our word fennel comes from Old English by way of the ...

So you think you can make polenta in some Creuset fancy pancy pot?  WRONG! Well you can but according to my Grandfather, it just ain’t Polenta unless you make it in a ...

I found this video which really shows how mozzarella is made.  It’s home-made in this vid, but it shows why the cheese is called ‘mozzarella’ which comes from ...

Piadina  is basically an Italian rollup with an amazing flatbread stuffed with whatever you want.  Prosciutto and Mozzarella or Eggplant with red peppers are two of my favorite. ...

Pasta e Fagioli Pasta Fazzool?  This pasta and bean soup in standard Italian is ‘pasta e fagioli’ (fah joh lee). So why do some Italians say fazool? Blame the ...

The food of Sicily is not only one of my favorites (maybe my favorite) but it’s also a hidden treasure for most of us in the US.  Since Sicilians have been coming to the ...