Italian Cooking
Simple preparations of wonderful ingredients. Cooking at its purest!
Spaghetti Sauce
Spaghetti Sauce is a must-have in the repertoire of any well-rounded cook. There are as many types or styles of spaghetti sauce as there are chefs; probably more, in fact, as I am sure that many cooks will vary their sauces according to their mood, available ingredients, and what guests they have. As long... »
Pizza Dough, Quick and Easy Method
There are two main types of pizza dough that you can make: one that is traditional, but takes time and effort to make, and one that is faster and easier but tastes less like the typical pizza dough you would get in a restaurant or from delivery. The second type is perfectly tasty, but... »
Basic Pizza Sauce
The more I learnd to cook, the less I liked to buy pre-made or packaged foods. However, I still like the same foods; I just prefer to make them myself. If you had told me 20 years ago that I could make my own pizza, I would have stared at you blankly, and asked,... »
Pasta and Alfredo Sauce
There is a lot to be said for Italian cooking, not the least of which is that it never overcomplicates the ingredients. If French cooking is about elaborate food, then Italian is about simplicity. But never does that simplicity result in anything bland; quite the opposite, it actually celebrates the very ingredients it uses. Take... »