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Italian Lentil Soup

The east coast has been been getting hit pretty hard with winter weather recently and with another major storm heading this way, it looks like winter is far from done.  (Damn that groundhog!)  If you’re looking for a hearty dinner for a cold winter’s night,  look no further than this Italian Lentil Soup.  It’s quick, easy [...]

Cucina Povera – Gizzards

When my parents were growing up in Calabria, they didn’t have much and when it came to cooking, nothing went to waste… especially since they grew up in large families (mom is one of 8 and dad is one of 6.)  Many of the foods and recipes that they made came with them to the US [...]

Italian Green Bean Salad

I can fondly remember sitting with my mother and snapping the ends off green beans fresh from the garden when I was a kid, so yesterday when I was visiting my parent’s I picked the first green beans of the season and took them home, sat in the backyard and snapped away.

One of my favorite ways [...]

Chicken with Chicken

What’s better than chicken?  chicken with chicken!  The wild mushrooms have started popping up and we couldn’t be happier.  Chicken of the Woods is one of our favorite wild mushrooms and easy to spot with its shades of bright orange.  You can often find them nestled at the base of an oak tree.  We noticed the [...]

Italian Pasta Pie

As I mentioned in my recent post about Italian food, some of the best recipes come from Italian creativity when times are tough (la cucina povera) in southern Italy that was pretty much all the time… well, times are tough everywhere!  but don’t let that stop you from making delicious Italian food.  Pasta Pie or pizza [...]

Arancini

The little balls of deliciousness called arancini are one of my favorite treats.  Whenever my mother would make them, it would always put a smile on my face.  Arancini vary in size, shape and ingredients… some use sauce, peas, mushrooms, meat and other ingredients but the best ones are usually the ones you most fondly remember, [...]

Homemade – Italian Bread – Pane di Casa

Once a month Italyville.com will post “Homemade” – authentic homemade Italian recipes. Since this is the first homemade post, well….. we’re going to have to start at the beginning; one of the foundations of the Italian culinary experience, something Italians simply CAN NOT eat without. Pane = Bread. If I had a lira [...]

Sweet Aroma

One of my favorite [...]