Surprisingly, Chicken Francese is an Italian American dish popular in the region surrounding Rochester, NY. When Italian immigrants arrived in Rochester, they brought their recipes with them, including veal francese; however, they substituted chicken for the more expensive veal. It […]
Am I the last person to know about one-pan pasta? It seems it has been around for several years. Sometimes after a long day of working or running errands, you would like to just throw some ingredients into a pot
Orecchiette is an often-overlooked pasta from the southern region of Italy. They get their name from their shape, which resembles a small ear. And the little indentations in those small ears catch so much sauce and make almost any dish
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Nearly every culture has a meatball recipe – from Europe to the Middle East to Asia. The Chinese have been using meatballs in their cooking since B. C. And in this country, we have borrowed and adapted meatball recipes from
Bolognese sauce is different from typical spaghetti sauce in that it includes the addition of cream or milk. The sauce comes from Bologna, Italy and is usually prepared with tagliatelle; however, the variations of Pasta Bolognese are endless. Tubular pasta
I did not like carrots as a child, but I love them now. In my very informal survey (n = 3) it seems most people only use carrots when they are making a stew or roast – and toss them
Here is a recipe from the Barefoot Contessa in her cookbook by the same name that is so easy and so delicious, I want everyone to know about it. She indicates that Lauren Bacall loved it and that was reason
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I love green peas. I always have a bag of peas in the freezer – one of the few frozen vegetables I enjoy – and we have them several times a week. But I did not always like them. Growing
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I wanted to call this recipe Butter Mustard Parmesan Coated Oven Fried Chicken Thighs, but someone thought that was too long and cumbersome, so I went with Oven Fried Chicken Thighs. Breasts were my chicken part of choice as an
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People have been baking pasta for centuries and the Italians have been making spaghetti pie and baked spaghetti for years. I have not been making this Baked Spaghetti recipe for that long, but I love it. I served it at