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A white bowl of pasta with sardine sauce, topped with toasted breadcrumbs.
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Pasta alle Sarde Siciliana (Sicilian Pasta with Sardines)

A well-browned skin-on chicken thigh on a white plate with orzo pasta and sundried tomatoes sprinkled with parsley.
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Cheesy Baked Chicken and Orzo with Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Chiacchiere, Italian fried strips of pastry dough topped with powdered sugar.
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How to Make Chiacchiere (Italian Fried Pastry)

Two bowls of Italian chicken pastina soup with vegetables.
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Nonna’s Italian Pastina Soup Recipe with Chicken

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A slice of Italian almond cake is being lifted away from the cake.

Italian Almond Cake

A martini glass filled with a dark Liqueur next to a crystal bowl of dark candied cherries.

Black Manhattan Cocktail Recipe (AKA a Sicilian Manhattan)

A medium rare roast beef on a white plate, half of which is sliced.

Top Round Roast Beef

A square plate of cookies stuffed with jam and Nutella.

Pizzicati (Italian Pinch Cookies)

Smoked Chicken Legs on a wooden board with parsley and spilled spice rub.

The Best Smoked Chicken Legs

Eggplant appetizer in a bowl and on a crostini.

Caponata a Sicilian Eggplant Appetizer

Chocolate dipped cannoli shell filled with ricotta and chocolate chips and topped with a cherry surrounded by other cannoli.

Cannoli Filling Recipe

3 thins slices of medium rare bottom round roast laying in front of the remainder of the roast on a white plate with parsley.

Bottom Round Roast (Tender Beef Recipe)

Round puffy cookies with white frosting sprinkled with decorating sugar drying on a black cookie rack.

Anginetti Cookies – Italian Lemon Cookies

A snifter with an amber liqueur ice and an orange twist surrounded by almonds and orange peel twists.

Sicilian Kiss – Cocktail or Shot

Nonna’s Recipes

Nonna’s Recipes
A white bowl of broccoli, potato and pasta soup next to a blue and white napkin on a blue cloth.

Italian Broccoli and Potato Soup with Pasta (No Cream)

A bowl of zucchini, potato and carrot soup on a flowered blue placement.

Nonna’s Zucchini Potato Soup (Italian Recipe)

A white plate with artichokes cooked in a golden pastella

Sicilian Fried Artichoke Hearts

A tray of grilled eggplant slices on a red cloth, with garlic cloves scattered about.

Easy Grilled Eggplant with Balsamic and Garlic

A round plate with a blue border is filled with frosted drop cookies and set on a white table with a cup and a blue napkin.

Soft Pineapple Cookies with Icing

Appetizer Recipes

Appetizer  Recipes
grilled shrimp on a blue plate with lemons.
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Easy Grilled Lemon Garlic Shrimp

A white pizza wwith tomatoes and onions.
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Italian Pizza Dough – Quick and Easy Homemade Recipe

Chicken spiedini on skewers placed on an oval pewter dish with lemons and herbs.
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Chicken Spiedini

A stuffed artichoke on a black plate with lemon wedges and mint leaves.
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Sicilian Stuffed Artichokes

Dinner Recipes

Dinner Recipes
A well-browned skin-on chicken thigh on a white plate with orzo pasta and sundried tomatoes sprinkled with parsley.

Cheesy Baked Chicken and Orzo with Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Two bowls of Italian chicken pastina soup with vegetables.

Nonna’s Italian Pastina Soup Recipe with Chicken

A white bowl of minestrone soup on a white cloth with black stripes.

Classic Italian Minestrone Soup – Simple Recipe

A white bowl of broccoli, potato and pasta soup next to a blue and white napkin on a blue cloth.

Italian Broccoli and Potato Soup with Pasta (No Cream)

Breakfast Recipes

Breakfast Recipes
Two slices of cranberry walnut bread in front of the remainder of the loaf.

Easy Cranberry Walnut Bread (No-Knead Recipe)

A tall Christmas tree shaped bread covered in powdered sugar on a gold plate.

Pandoro – Classic Italian Christmas Cake from Verona

A Spinach ricotta pie on a reddish background.

Ricotta and Spinach Pie – Easy 3-Cheese Recipe

A pile of muffins with mini chocolate chips in them in yellow and green muffin wrappers.

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins

Dessert Recipes

Dessert Recipes
Chiacchiere, Italian fried strips of pastry dough topped with powdered sugar.
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How to Make Chiacchiere (Italian Fried Pastry)

A slice of lemon olive oil cake dusted with powdered sugar on a white plate with a slice of lemon and a sprig of rosemary beside it.
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Easy Lemon Olive Oil Cake

A tall Christmas tree shaped bread covered in powdered sugar on a gold plate.
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Pandoro – Classic Italian Christmas Cake from Verona

Italian Sesame cookies on a rectangular black plate.
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Italian Sesame Cookies – Sicilian Biscotti Reginelle