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Pasta Grammar
Mar 102 min read
Pellegrino Artusi’s Sweet Pasta Recipe
Pellegrino Artusi, the “godfather of Italian food,” included this recipe for a sweet pasta in his compendium of Italian cooking. He notes...
Pasta Grammar
Dec 3, 20232 min read
How to Make Testaroli Pasta | Authentic Tuscan Pasta Recipe
Testaroli is one of the oldest (and strangest) pastas in Italy, perhaps going back to the ancient Roman empire. A simple batter is cooked...
Pasta Grammar
Apr 2, 20235 min read
How to Make Pizza Chiena: The Original Pizzagaina Italian Easter Pie Recipe
Pizza Chiena, the original Italian ancestor of the American dish “pizzagaina” or “pizzagain,” is a classic savory Easter pie that...
Pasta Grammar
Mar 5, 20232 min read
Cavolfiore alla Cavour | Italian Cauliflower Casserole Recipe
This yummy cauliflower dish makes a great vegetable side, but it’s rich enough to serve as a main course! Hailing from Piedmont, Italy,...
Pasta Grammar
Jan 8, 20232 min read
Pane Tramvai | "Poor Man's" Panettone Recipe
This Italian sweet bread is reminiscent of panettone, but was made by poor workers who couldn't afford richer ingredients: like sugar!...
Pasta Grammar
Dec 4, 20221 min read
Penne alla Vodka | The Authentic Italian Recipe
Penne alla Vodka is often attributed as an American dish, but it was actually invented by an Italian and first popularized in Italy....
Pasta Grammar
Dec 4, 20223 min read
The Original Lasagna alla Bolognese Recipe
The classic "Lasagna alla Bolognese" used to be quite different! This historical recipe for the original version was brought to our...
Pasta Grammar
Dec 4, 20222 min read
Banana & Sausage Bruschetta | An Interesting Taste from Italy's Past
This unusual, historical recipe was brought to our attention by Italian food historian Luca Cesari. Check out his new book about the...
Pasta Grammar
Sep 25, 20222 min read
Torta di Patate | Italian Potato Cake Dessert Recipe
This intriguing potato dessert comes from the earliest Italian cookbook, written by Pellegrino Artusi. As he says himself, you would...
Pasta Grammar
Aug 14, 20223 min read
Liccumie Eggplant Cookies | Authentic Italian Recipe
These historical cookies are actually a variation of Italian meat cookies, but adapted by the poorer classes who couldn't afford the...
Pasta Grammar
Oct 3, 20212 min read
'Mpanatigghi Biscotti | Italian Meat Cookie Recipe
These cookies originated as a way to preserve precious meat for a long period of time. The meat was cooked into these sweet biscotti...
Pasta Grammar
Aug 22, 20212 min read
The Original Carbonara Recipe
This is the very first carbonara recipe ever documented. It was written down by an American food critic who learned it from two Italian...
Pasta Grammar
May 16, 20213 min read
Three Medieval Italian Recipes Fit for a King | Gnocchi, Fried Raviolo & Mortadella
Italian food, as we know it, is actually quite a recent phenomenon. It wasn't until the Columbian exchange, for instance, that Europe...
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