Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules.

Larousse Gastronomique is a veritable dictionary of cooking terms for the French kitchen. If a chef were allowed only one book, this would have to be it.

Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules.

As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible.

Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all.

The tradition of Italian cooking is that of the matriarch. This is the cooking of grandma. She didn't waste time thinking too much about the celery. She got the best celery she could and then she dealt with it.

When you use Tabasco in the marinade, it kind of infuses everything.