During the Renaissance, the Italian diet consisted primarily of wine and bread, with a small portion of meat (preferably a type of foul, because birds lived closer to the heavens when they took flight ...

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 ...

A descendant of a storied family, she was an author, TV host and cooking school director who showed that Italian cuisine was about more than tomatoes, pizza and pasta. By Clay Risen Before Lorenza de’ ...

The grapes most often associated with California’s Sonoma Valley are French—from Cabernet Sauvignon to Chardonnay—despite the fact that many of the region’s winemaking families have Italian roots. But ...

‘Italian food is not just carbonara’: Gennaro Contaldo on Italy’s hidden dishes - Italian food might be famous for carbonara, ...