Sometimes cooking is precision, measuring set amounts or cooking at exact temperatures.  Cooking is also a mercurial art.  It's the jazz...

Photo credit Italian food is a normally a slow cuisine. Hand-shaped pastas. Stove-top braises. Day-long sauces.  But, when I was studyi...

Sicilian cooks bake them until the flesh has softened.  Neapolitans make a pasta sauce out of black ones, tomatoes and anchovies.  Bar...

The other night, I wasn't sure what to make.  I didn't have much time.  I had no desire to walk to the grocer.  Looking around, I sp...

The Middle East has pita. Indians nosh on naan.  Italians have  piadina.   Denser than a pancake but lighter than its leavened cousins, piad...

      Photo from:  http://cosacucino.myblog.it Italy is touched on most sides by the sea.  Unlike more landlocked countries, no o...

Cauliflower needs more love.  Americans tend to damn it to side-dish oblivion.  Boiled to a bland mush, cauliflower loses most of its fla...

In Italy's boot and heel, eggplant reigns supreme. Whether fried, char-grilled or teamed with red sauce, this ink-purple verdura is at ...

There are easy recipes. And, there are easy recipes --  food that  folks who struggle with Kraft Mac can make. And, make well.  Literal...