Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Crab Pasta

Sometimes simple is best. That's the case here with this simple crab pasta.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Agretti

How to cook agretti, the Italian vegetable that also goes by monk's beard and is Salsola soda in Latin. Agretti is easy to grow, too.

Fish

Linguine with White Clam Sauce

As a Jersey boy, this classic Italian-American pasta dish was one of my favorites: Linguini with white clam sauce. Clams, herbs, olive oil and lotsa garlic!

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Pigeon, Dove or Duck Ragu

This is a long-simmered, intensely flavorful sauce for doves, pigeons, ducks, or sharp-tailed grouse.

Italian

Parsley Pesto

A classic cool-weather parsley pesto made with walnuts or pecans is a great early spring or autumn accompaniment to pasta, fish or poultry.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Homemade Agnolotti

Italian agnolotti pasta filled with meat. What meat? Squirrel, in this case. Any light meat will work.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Pork Blood Pasta

Blutnudeln. Pasta al Sangue. Blood pasta. Yes, it is what you think. And I've been wanting to make this macabre pasta for a long time. It was worth the wait.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Chanterelle Risotto

A rich, Italian risotto made with chanterelle mushrooms and sweet corn. Simple, yet elegant.

Charcuterie

Spicy Italian Sausage

As a Jersey boy, hot Italian sausage has been a part of my life forever. Here's my recipe for this classic link.

Fish

Fish Puttanesca

Pesce alla puttanesca, fish with harlot's sauce. Delicious and easy to make - all the ingredients are pantry staples.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Ricotta Gnudi

When I had Chef April Bloomfield's ricotta gnudi in New York at the James Beard Awards, and I had to recreate them, only with my own twist: A sauce of ramps and fresh porcini I found in the High Sierra.

Italian

Cardoon Gratin

If you've never eaten a cardoon, think artichoke stalks, which is essentially what they are. Cardoons are a little work to prepare, but baked with Italian cheeses they are lovely.