Tired of the usual basil pesto? Here’s a delicious creamy pesto recipe that you should definitely try! I use it all the time and it’s never turned me down.  Meet: arugula pesto.  We all love a good genovese pesto made with fresh basil. Anyway, from time to time, you might …

I ended up making an Italian sauteed eggplant dish recently that was really good.  Here’s how it happened. Last Saturday night I decided to make a nice ribeye steak for dinner.  When I make steaks at home I need a couple really good side dishes.   ​I had an eggplant in …

One of my favorite things about Mortadella Head is our deep fried mozzarella cheese sticks. Our “Big Fat Homemade Mozzarella Sticks,” for short. We’ve been making these since Mortadella Head opened, and they look exactly the same as their name states. We don’t use frozen mozzarella sticks that are the …

When it comes to spicy foods, I’m a fan. So when I perfected this spicy Italian meatballs recipe, I knew I had to share it somewhere. It’s delicious, and will make for the perfect meal for meatball lovers everywhere. I’ve always been a fan of spicy foods. Not necessarily the …

When it comes to large Italian gatherings, there’s always tiramisu present. I can’t think of the last time I went to anything with my large Italian family and someone didn’t make a massive dish of tiramisu to end the night with. One of the reasons I love it so much …

A few weeks ago, I was in a pinch. I was cooking for a crowd that was coming over later in the night, and I was really craving “minestra maritata,” or Italian Wedding Soup. The problem was, I was going to be out of the house for most of the …