Italian Recipes

If you’ve ever made sourdough from scratch, you know one thing: it’s not just bread.  It’s a whole experience. You feed it, you watch it, you wait.  You obsess over the fermentation process, take notes on dough rise, and cross your fingers during the bake.  In my case, I’ve got …

Not long after I started baking homemade sourdough bread, I ran into a common dilemma.  It may be hard to believe, but: there is such a thing as too much bread.  When I first got my hands on my friend Danielle’s sourdough starter, I became a little obsessed with making …

The other day I was playing tennis with my friend Danielle, and in between rallies, she started talking about the sourdough bread she makes every week.  Naturally, my ears perked up.  I told her I’d always wanted to try making my own, but never got around to it because I …

Hey, pizza lovers! I’m back to answer another one of your burning questions about reheating pizza. When it comes to making pizza at home, there are two popular oven methods: baking and broiling. While they seem similar, each has its characteristics that can significantly impact your pizza-making results. The real …

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thrown chicken on the grill, thinking I’m about to get those perfect golden grill marks only to end up with half the chicken stuck to the grates. Sound familiar? It used to happen to me all the time. The good news? This …

Let me just get this out of the way: I am obsessed with pickles.  No, really. Obsessed.  I always have at least three (okay, maybe five) open jars in my fridge, and I’m 100% that friend who will happily take any pickles you don’t want.  Extra spear on your plate? …