Though it is nearly synonymous with Italian cuisine, common basil (Ocimum basilicum) is believed to have originated in the ...

WHILE MOST ITEMS ARE IMPORTED FROM ITALY, THE KITCHEN READY TOMATOES ARE FROM CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA TOMATO IS A LITTLE SWEETER THAN THE ITALIAN TOMATO, AND IT’S PEELED AND THEN GROUND AND THEN ...

You all know that I can be obsessed with Italy because I identify so strongly with my ethnicity. So, I try not to focus too ...

Bored of eating the same thing twice? Fear no more, here's a list of restaurants that have shuffled things up to make sure you're never bored or short of choices while dining out.

A few minutes late, as usual, we hustled to make our reservation and turned the corner only to find this stretch of Frankford ...

Baked spaghetti was a fixture of my childhood, quietly omnipresent across the Midwest and South — never flashy, never fancy, just always there. It showed up at church potlucks under domed foil lids, ...

As Andrew F. Smith details in his 1994 book The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery, before the fruit made ...

Neither dish exists in Italy ... ingredients. Tomato sauce might come from a jar. Pasta got snapped in half to fit into smaller pots. What emerged wasn’t quite Italian, and wasn’t entirely ...

Learn how to make the perfect Italian grilled cheese at home with crispy golden bread, gooey melted cheese, and that ...

The tomato has evolved through history, facing hybridization, commercialization and a modern push to restore its lost flavor.

yet another storyteller Lorenzo Caviglia begins telling an old Italian tale centred around the herb parsley. In an engrossing theatrical performance Caviglia, a storyteller from Italy, stands with ...