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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 almond cake with a strawberry on a piece of parchment paper on a gold glass plate.

Best Italian Almond Cake (Torta di Mandorle Recipe)

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

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)

Appetizer Recipes

Appetizer  Recipes
A Spinach ricotta pie on a reddish background.
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Ricotta and Spinach Pie – Easy 3-Cheese Recipe

A phyllo pastry cut in half with spinach filling.
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Phyllo Triangles with Spinach and Feta

A jar of pistachio pesto on a wooden board.
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Easy Pistachio Pesto with Fresh Basil

A square bowl of pesto on a wooden board with basil leaves and bruschetta.
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 Artichoke Pesto with Spinach – 5-minute Recipe

Breakfast Recipes

Breakfast Recipes
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

Chocolate chip muffins

Chocolate Chip Muffins with Yogurt

A slice of vegetable cheese and meat frittata with parsley.

Easy Oven Baked Vegetable, Meat (Pancetta) and Cheese Frittata Recipe

Dessert Recipes

Dessert Recipes
Chiacchiere, Italian fried strips of pastry dough topped with powdered sugar.
Dessert Recipes | Recipes

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 (Moist and Delicious Recipe)

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