Meal Menus
La Cucina Vicentina
A rich and varied cuisine from the far notheast.La Cucina Trapanese
Trapani, Sicily's westernmost city, has a rich heritage and an extremely varied cuisine.Two at Once
Quick, easy pasta recipes that also yield a tasty sauce for the second course. Much better than going to a restaurant!Picnic Foods and Other Cool Things
Insalata di riso, Panzanella, Paste all'Ammiraglio... Things to add wonder to a picnic or refresh on a hot day.Cucina Milanese
Milano may attract many of Italy's best chefs, but the home-cooking is fine too.A Tavola Con il Re
Recipes by Giovanni Vialardi, chef of King Vittorio Emanuele IIA Spring Meal
An unusual one course meal with lots of tasty dishes.Il Monzù: Neapolitan Glory
The chefs of the great Neapolitan Houses deftly combined mastery of French techniques and estro Partenopeo..Frico: Cheesy Joy from Friuli
An unusual cheese fritter or pie (if there are other ingredients as well) from the far northeast.Strucolo
Friuli Venezia Giulia is an unusual area with many dishes one simply doesn't find elsewhere in Italy. Strudels, both sweet and savory, for example.La Cucina Valdostana
Val D'Aosta is just a short drive from Torino today, but the cuisine is rich, varied, and very different.Un Pranzo Versiliese
Versilia is the Tuscan coastal plain north of Pisa and west of Lucca. Lots of fish, but also bounty from the Apuan Alps.Piemonte!
Thoguhts on the current (96-97) vintages of Barolo and Barbaresco, earthshaking developments, and lots of recipes.Vinitaly!
Italy's annual wine show is the occasion of a memorable Veronese meal.Cucina Marchigiana
Rustic, tasty recipes from one of the less well-known regions.Insalate Romane
They have a way with simple greens in the Eternal City.La Cucina Abruzzese
Recipes form a wild, beautiful land.Cucina Brianzola
Delightful recipes from a relatively unknown branch of Lombard cuisine.La Cucina degli Etruschi
Several very traditional recipes from around Arezzo, in Tuscany.Giorgio Carnevale
Fine wines from Piemonte, and a memorable tasting dinner.Bollito Misto alla Piemontese
Who would ever guess that boiled dinner could be such a delight? With lots of sauce recipes, too.Due Maremmani
Maremma is a wild part of Tuscany whose inhabitants were forced to turn frugality into an art. They may not have had much, but they knew how to cook it well. Recipes for Acquacotta, a vegetable soup, and Scottiglia, a meat stew.Carnevale!
Fritters and tasty treats of all kinds to prepare for the privations of Lent.San Valentino!
Tasty ways to celebrate il Santo degli inamorati, and tasting notes for the 1995 vintage of Montevertine, one of Tuscany's great wineries.Thoughts on Valentine's Day
More ideas for dishes to share with that special Someone.Italian Purim Recipes
To celebrate Queen Esther's courage and success.Pani Pasquali
Savory Easter breads filled with salami, cheese, and other delights to bring joy to the home.Buona Pasqua!
Roman Easter recipes.Felice Pesah!
Passover recipes from Italy.La Pasqua Napoletana
Rich, sumptuous dishes to celebrate Easter.La Prima Comunione
Spring is the time for the Prima Comunione, or First Communion. San Frediano celebrates the event by inviting the children to Sunday dinner.Buon Ferragosto!
Catholics celebrate August 15th as the day the Virgin Mary rose up to Heaven, but the holiday is much older.La Vigilia di Yom Kippur
An Italian meal for the Day of Attonement.Pope John Paul II's Anniversary Dinner
It doesn't seem possible that he has been in office for 25 years...On The Seven Fishes
Thoughts about Fish for Christmas Eve in Italy, which isn't that ridged a custom.La Vigilia Napoletana
Recipes for a Neapolitan-style fish-based Christmas Eve dinner.Il Natale in Altamura
Christmas Recipes from Altamura, in Puglia.Il Natale Dalmata
Dalmatia, in what is now Ex Yugoslavia, was once Venetian, and many of the people were Italian. They were forced to leave during World War II, but their descendents are maintaining the traditions.Un Natale Toscano
A traditional Tuscan Christmas feast.Pandoro and Panettone
The traditional Christmas cakes of Milano and Verona are quite nice as they are, and are also wonderfully suited to being stuffed, reworked, and otherwise jazzed up.Hanukkah e le Leggi della Razza
Recipes for Hanukkah, and thoughts on one of the darkest episodes in Italian history.For a more detailed overview of the recipes and other information on the site check the General Recipe Index.
