Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food
Sample Recipes from Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food
Artichoke Fritto with Yogurt and Mint
This is my version of one of my favorite Roman foods: carciofi alla giuda, whole fried artichokes in olive oil. They’re served at o...
Crispy Calamari Salad with Arugula, Fennel, and Lemo...
On my first trip to Tokyo, I had this great fried calamari over seaweed with a spicy mayonnaise-based sauce. Later that year, I was sitti...
I’ve been doing variations on this dish for the past ten years–sometimes getting really crazy, cooking the tomatoes for one d...
Marinated Chicken Alla Griglia
This is a simple marinated chicken–I used to make it all the time at home. The first time I tried this baby out, one of my cooks sa...
Black Bass with Sicilian-Style Pesto
For years, I thought Sicilian pesto was some weird, made-up American sun-dried-tomato abomination. It wasn’t until my first trip to...
These were inspired by the potatoes I ate during my long, cold, wet, dark winter in Torino–the ones that sat underneath the rotisse...