NEW YORK (AP) — As a child growing up in Italy, Lidia Bastianich recalls seeing one particular cookbook in just about everyone's kitchen. It was called “The Talisman of Happiness” and it was often ...

Lightly heat the oil in a pan and add all the prepared vegetables. Sauté slowly until they take on a beautiful golden color. Pour the tomatoes — peeled, seeded, and chopped — into the pan. Cover and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Anyone can tell you how to cook Italian food — a preliminary search on YouTube will throw up millions of meticulously detailed tutorials ...

Pete Wells explores how the revered cookbook author changed the way Americans think about the cuisine. Twelve years after her death, nobody has overtaken Marcella Hazan as the source Americans consult ...

Italy is recognized as the birthplace of pizza, that incredible edible disk of toasted bread crowned with cheese and other toppings. Proto-pizzas trace back to the early Roman Empire. Initially, pizza ...