Italian
Lasagna
Italy's baked layered pasta — sheets stacked with rich meat ragu, silky bechamel, and Parmigiano, then baked golden. A make-and-share casserole, perfect for a gathering.
Tiramisu
Italy's beloved no-bake dessert — savoiardi soaked in espresso, layered with airy mascarpone cream, and dusted with cocoa. Just chill and set; a grown-up, coffee-scented icebox cake.
Spaghetti Bolognese
The world's favorite meat-sauce pasta — a Bologna-style ragu of ground meat and soffritto simmered slowly with tomato, tossed through spaghetti. Time is the secret ingredient.
Cream Pasta
A rich, silky cream sauce of bacon, mushroom, and Parmigiano tossed through pasta — a crowd favorite. Simple ingredients; nail the consistency with pasta water and it rivals a restaurant plate.
Margherita Pizza
The classic Neapolitan pie — thin hand-stretched dough with tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella, baked hot and finished with fresh basil. Red tomato, white mozzarella, green basil: the Italian flag, and the simplest perfect pizza.
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Rome's classic pasta — no cream, just egg yolks, pecorino, crisp guanciale, and black pepper emulsified into a glossy sauce. The trick is tossing it off the heat.