Category Archives: Italian Food

What Makes San Marzano Tomatoes Special?

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Margie Miklas

When chefs throughout the world prepare authentic Italian sauce, San Marzano tomatoes are their preference. These thin, pointy, sweet plum tomatoes are essential ingredients for an authentic Pizza Napolitana, according to the Verace Pizza Napolitana Association in Naples, Italy. San … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Recommendations in Italy

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Margie Miklas

Certainly one of the best things about traveling to Italy is the food. Mangia, mangia! In Italy there are thousands of restaurants and almost every one of them is Italian. I almost laugh when someone asks for a recommendation of … Continue reading →

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Christmas Baking – Making Italian Torrone

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Margie Miklas

I am not a food blogger but I do like to bake. My mother baked almost every day for our family, and she taught me how to bake when I was 10. She was a good teacher and I have … Continue reading →

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NYC’s Real Little Italy – Arthur Avenue in the Bronx

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Margie Miklas

If you have ever been to Little Italy in New York you have seen the few blocks in Manhattan with red, green and white garlands overhead, and the streets lined with Italian restaurants with barkers on the sidewalk encouraging you … Continue reading →

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Where the Locals Go for Gelato in Sicily

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Margie Miklas

Most travelers to Italy have never heard of Riposto, the small commune on the eastern coast of Sicily. Either did I until a few years ago, when my Sicilian friends insisted that we go there, explaining to me that this … Continue reading →