Chicken Marsala is a staple and favorite dish of Italian restaurants which dates back to the 1800’s in Italy. It is essentially chicken with marsala wine sauce. At its simplest, it is sauteed chicken with a marsala reduction. More elaborate versions add mushrooms, prosciutto, and other ingredients. It is Italian comfort food at its best. […]
Recipes
Bone-In Pork Chops with Mushroom Cream Sauce
I always have bone-in pork chops ready for a quick meal. Although you may be tempted by the seeming convenience of boneless loin chops, if you want the most flavorful, juicy, and tender chops, always go for bone-in, such as a rib chop, the rib-eye steak of pork. These rustic pork chops with flavorful creamy […]
Hearty Minestrone with Fresh Greens
Italian cookbooks, especially ones concerned with soups, or zuppa (plural zuppe), provide recipe after recipe for minestrona, lest you thought minestrone was one soup. Minestra translates simply into soup, and while minestrone may literally mean ‘thick soup’ there are as many versions as there are people to make them. Their ingredients depend on the district and the vegetables in season. […]