Two of the best Italian dishes that are a classic in every home are baked ziti and spaghetti and meatballs. While each dish is scrumptious and holds up well on their own, just imagine how delicious they are together when they’re all combined into one! As we’ve said before, meatballs...
Scallopine sounds like something that involves the seafood scallop, but there is much more to it than that! Scallopine is an Italian dish that involves not scallops, but cuts of meat (usually cutlets) that are pounded out thinly and coated with flour, then sauteed. While this does sound similar...
Zuppa Toscana, better known as Tuscan tortellini soup, is ridiculously simple but delicious in all its flavors. While it’s normally not made with tortellini, this single addition makes this soup all the better! The addition of rich carbs filled with all the cheesy goodness surrounded by...
We all love a good meatball. What we also love are delicious enchiladas. So why not combine the two to make enchilada meatballs? These delicious morsels are perfect for a weeknight meal when nobody can decide between Mexican and Italian. While meatballs are universally considered Italian, did...
Prosciutto and melon- while this may sound weird to a lot of people in the world, it’s actually a traditional favorite in Italy, where it’s practically a cliche of an antipasti, or appetizer. This combination has been around since the second century, traced back to a doctor Galeno. Galeno...
Stromboli is a magical food which many people haven’t heard about outside of the East coast. Despite its fancy and Italian-sounding name, this dish actually originated in America, specifically in Philadelphia by Italian-American immigrants. The stromboli’s name comes from the island of...
Cheese and pasta are a traditional favorite pairing that is impossible to resist. Who could resist the perfect combination of rich carbohydrates provided by the pasta paired with the creamy, tangy, and salty flavor provided by the cheese with all its fats to keep the pasta from drying out?...
Chicken Parmesan, or chicken parmigiana, is a dish often found in “Italian” restaurants catering to Americans and Australians. It’s never the prettiest dish, but it’s always one of the best tasting guilty pleasures you can have while trying to look cultured. One of the downsides to this...
We all love cheeseburgers. The food that’s almost as American as apple pie, who can resist the sandwich (yes, a burger is a sandwich) filled with ground meat and a melty slice of cheese on top? It may sound impossible to top or improve, but we’ve found a way to do both with a cheeseburger...
We all know by now that tomatoes are a fruit. When we think of them, we normally think of Italian(ish) pasta dishes such as spaghetti and lasagna. Contrary to our first connections to them, the tomato originated from Mesoamerica. They were brought the Europe by Spanish conquerors, where they...