Recipe from Cooking à la Heart: 500 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Help Make Every Meal Heart Healthy Ⓒ Linda Hachfeld, MPH, RDN, and Amy Myrdal Miller, MS, RDN, FAND, 2023. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, The Experiment. Available everywhere books are sold. theexperimentpublishing.com Fettuccine, a type of pasta popular in Roman and Tuscan […]
March is upon us, and as many of you know, we celebrate National Nutrition Month. Nutrition month is the perfect time to think of pasta as a backdrop for nutritious and delicious meals. I look forward to celebrating the month of March in many ways: first I will be in Italy for a few days, […]
From Chef Rosario: The name tagliatelle comes from the Italian verb “tagliare,” which means “to cut.” The name fettuccine comes from the noun “fettucce,” which means thin slices or ribbons. What’s the difference? Tagliatelle are popular in the region of Emilia Romagna and Fettuccine in Lazio. However, the two kinds of pasta are very similar […]
From Chef Rosario: Sardegna (Sardinia in English) is a fascinating island in the middle of the Mediterranean. Italians love Sardegna for its crystal-clear waters, mozzafiato (breathtaking) seascapes, and its unique mouthwatering cuisine. When I was growing up, I was fortunate enough to spend a few summers in Sardegna because my father worked there for a […]
Buon giorno, pasta lovers! It is time to store away our winter clothing and dig out polos and tee shirts. If we are still wearing long-sleeved shirts, we can roll up the sleeves and be in “mezze maniche.” Did you know that even tubular pasta has a “rolled-up sleeve” version called MEZZE MANICHE (Pronounced “med’-zeh […]
Years ago, when Chef Rosario was the Executive Chef at a restaurant chain, he paid tribute to the founder, who was born in the Abruzzi region of Italy with this recipe. He called the dish Rigatoni Abruzzi, and it was an instant classic and best seller. The reason for its popularity is that it embodies […]
We’re back this month with a recipe from Chef Rosario, who’s taking his inspiration directly from his home in Italy, where he recently returned to for a visit. “We all love food and food shows. The success of Stanley Tucci’s culinary travels through Italy is no exception. Recently, Tucci traveled to Lombardy—and specifically to Valtellina […]
For this month’s recipe, Chef Rosario reminisces on his childhood in Italy and the hearty, autumnal meal his mother used to create each season. “Every year after the hot days of summer were over in my native valley, I would hear my mother get up early in the morning to go mushroom hunting in the […]
With the remaining weeks of summer waning, Chef Rosario explains what this time of the year means to him and the recipes he creates. “Summer in my kitchen is synonymous with fresh tomatoes. Whether you grow your own or buy them at a farmer’s market, make sure they are ripe and succulent. Inhale their aroma […]
