Seasonal Recipes

When I was growing up, I watched my mother poach, roast, bake, or grill the fish my father caught on his weekend expeditions to Long Island’s Montauk Point. Some of the tastiest fish were those that other fishermen tossed back …

Rossella invites Nonna Anna Buonsante, from Mola di Bari (Puglia), to make a Pugliese classic: Stuffed Eggplant in a bed of Potatoes. Ingredients 2 Medium sized black eggplants, 4 Cups – Marinara sauce, 2 Cups – Sliced potatoes, 4 Eggs, …

On this Episode we take you to the market to buy fresh produce and cook authentic Sicilian caponata with Eszter’s friend Vanessa. All episodes of You, Me & Sicily! are at www.evazmediagroup.com

Even if the sweets associated with Italian Easter—colomba, Sicilian marzipan lambs, yeast breads with colorfully dyed eggs baked into them, to name the most familiar—are a memory soon after the holiday, one cake that is emblematic of the season persists …

It was in a little restaurant in the hills of Tuscany where I tasted my first sformato, a light and savory Italian custard or flan.  The word literally translates to ‘unmolded’ and is great fun to pronounce, especially after a …

Historically and until the present day, enormous quantities of abbacchio, milk-fed baby lamb, have been consumed in Rome and its outlying region from Easter until June 24, the feast of San Giovanni. For example, in 1629, the city alone recorded selling 165 …

If you are like me, the frenzy over kale has left me ignoring other delicious greens that I used to cook with on a more frequent basis.   Beautiful, slightly bitter escarole falls into this category.  My mother put escarole …

Pasquetta, “Little Easter,” Easter Monday, is as much a holiday for Italians as Easter itself. If its liturgical significance is to commemorate the women who gathered at Christ’s tomb only to find it vacated, it has become a national picnic …

Springtime is well underway here in Los Angeles! Flowers are fully in bloom mode; the few trees that lose their leaves are leafing out (most poor deciduous trees have difficulty knowing when to lose their leaves and then leaf out …

Cream: 4  Cups – Milk 6 – Egg yolks 10 Tbs – Sugar 6 Tbs – Flour Peel of 1 lemon Peel of 1/2 orange Zeppole: 6 Eggs 2 Cups – Flour 1 3/4 Cups – Water 4 Oz (113 …